Lophopanopeus frontalis ( Rathbun, 1894 )

Wicksten, Mary K., 2012, Decapod Crustacea of the Californian and Oregonian Zoogeographic Provinces 3371, Zootaxa 3371, pp. 1-307 : 241

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scientific name	Lophopanopeus frontalis ( Rathbun, 1894 )
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Lophopanopeus frontalis ( Rathbun, 1894) View in CoL

( Fig. 56E, F)

Lophozozymus frontalis Rathbun, 1894: 236 . Lophoxanthus frontalis . — Holmes 1900: 64, pl. 1, figs. 5, 6. Lophopanopeus frontalis View in CoL . — Rathbun 1904: 181, pl 7, fig. 8; 1930: 323, pl. 152. — Schmitt 1921: 242, pl. 37, fig. 3; text fig.

144. — Johnson & Snook 1927: 387. — Menzies 1948: 16, pl. 3, figs. 17–29, pl. 4, figs. 30–32, pl. 5, figs. 36, 37. — Garth

& Abbott 1980: 610, fig. 25.26. — Ricketts et al. 1985: 296. — Jensen 1995: 19, fig. 8.

Diagnosis. Carapace almost smooth, somewhat broader than long. Front prominent, with median notch; with 3 developed anterolateral teeth. Chelipeds with carpus, hand smooth, hand with large lobe on upper margin, dactyl without enlarged tooth. Pereopods 2–5 with carpus slightly bilobed, propodus with convex anterior margin. Male carapace length 17.2 mm.

Color in life. Yellowish-brown, fingers of chela black, dark color extending to palm (Menzies 1948, Garth & Abbott 1980: fig. 25.26).

Habitat and depth. Among rocks and among mussels on pilings, intertidal zone to 37 m.

Range. Santa Monica Bay, California to Magdalena Bay , Baja California. Type locality San Diego .

References

Garth, J. S. & Abbott, D. (1980) Brachyura: the true crabs. In: Morris, D., Abbott, D. & Haderlie, E. (Eds). Intertidal Invertebrates of California. Stanford University Press, Stanford, California, pp. 594 - 630.

Holmes, S. J. (1900) Synopsis of California stalk-eyed Crustacea. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences, 7, 12 - 62.

Jensen, G. C. (1995) Pacific Coast Crabs and Shrimps. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California, 87 pp.

Johnson, M. E. & Snook, H. J. (1927) Seashore Animals of the Pacific Coast. Dover Publications, New York, reprint 1967, 659 pp.

Rathbun, M. J. (1894) Scientific results of explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. XXIV. Descriptions of new genera and species of crabs from the west coast of North America and the Sandwich Islands. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 16, 223 - 260.

Rathbun, M. J. (1904) Decapod crustaceans of the northwest coast of North America. Harriman Alaska Expedition, 10, 1 - 219.

Ricketts, E. F., Calvin, J., Hedgpeth, J. W. & Phillips, D. W. (1985) Between Pacific Tides. Stanford University Press, Stanford, California, 5 th ed., 652 pp.

Schmitt, W. L. (1921) The marine decapod Crustacea of California. University of California Publications in Zoology, 23, 1 - 470.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Malacostraca
Order	Decapoda
Family	Panopeidae
Genus	Lophopanopeus