Lophopanopeus frontalis ( Rathbun, 1894 )

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

Lophopanopeus frontalis ( Rathbun, 1894)

( Fig. 56E, F)

Lophozozymus frontalis Rathbun, 1894: 236 . Lophoxanthus frontalis . — Holmes 1900: 64, pl. 1, figs. 5, 6. Lophopanopeus frontalis . — 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 .