Spirontocaris holmesi Holthuis, 1947

Wicksten, Mary K., 2012, Decapod Crustacea of the Californian and Oregonian Zoogeographic Provinces 3371, Zootaxa 3371, pp. 1-307 : 92

Spirontocaris holmesi Holthuis, 1947

( Fig. 23A)

Spirontocaris bispinosa Holmes, 1900: 207 . — Rathbun 1904: 68, fig. 23. — Schmitt 1921: 54, fig. 30. [Not Hippolyte bispinosa De Haan, 1841 ; = Sicyonia bispinosa (De Haan, 1849) ; Sicyoniidae ].

Spirontocaris holmesi Holthuis, 1947: 38 . — Kozloff 1974: 166. — Word & Charwat 1976 b: 149. — Hayashi 1977: 158. — Butler 1980: 165, pl. 6E. — Wicksten 1984b: 135; 1989b: 313; 1990b: 590.— Chace 1997: 56.

Diagnosis. Rostrum moderately deep, with distal styliform process bearing one subapical ventral tooth, 8–16 dorsal, 3–7 ventral teeth, 2 on carapace proper. Each segment of antennular peduncle with dorsal spine, stylocerite reaching second segment. Carapace with 2 supraorbital teeth. Pereopods 1, 2 with epipods. Pereopods 3–5 long, slender; with long, simple dactyls, 0.5–0.6 times length of propodi. Merus of pereopod 3, with 6–7 spines; pereopod 4, with 5–8 spines; pereopod 5, with 4 or 5 spines. Pleura of abdominal somites 1–4 rounded, of 5 with small point. Telson with 3 or 4 pairs dorsolateral spines, apex rounded. Male total length to 44 m, female to 62 mm.

Color in life. Body yellowish, with lines, bars, dots, patches of red ( Butler 1980).

Habitat and depth. Mud or sand, 24–485 m. Specimens from California usually taken at 150–300 m.

Range. Yes Bay, Alaska to San Diego , California. Type locality Puget Sound .