Palicus lucasii Rathbun, 1898

Wicksten, Mary K., 2012, Decapod Crustacea of the Californian and Oregonian Zoogeographic Provinces 3371, Zootaxa 3371, pp. 1-307 : 262

Palicus lucasii Rathbun, 1898

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Palicus lucasii Rathbun, 1898a: 600 , pl. 43, fig. 2. — Montagne & Cadien 2001: 207.

Cympolia lucasii . — Rathbun 1917: 193, pl. 44, figs. 1, 2, text fig. 119. — Garth 1946: 500, pl. 87, fig. 1.

Diagnosis. Eyes large. Carapace slightly wider than long, with 4 frontal lobes, anterolateral margin with 2 acute teeth beyond exorbital; supraorbital teeth sharp; dorsal surface of carapace tuberculate. In adult male, right chela heavier than left. Chelipeds of male unequal, right larger than left, both shorter than length of pereopod 2. Pereopods 2–5 wide, merus of pereopods 2, 3 with sharp tooth at distal end; merus of pereopod 4 with rounded lobe. In adult male, pereopods 2 with shaggy setae. Dactyls of pereopods 3, 4 with sinuous margins. Pereopod 5 short, slightly longer than merus of leg 3. Male carapace length to 13.5 mm, female not reported.

Color in life. Carapace with solid median band of blood red extending from front to posterior border. Most of carapace white; anterolateral and preorbital teeth blood red, orbital tooth white. Pereopods 2–4 banded with red, white; apex of dactyl white; reduced leg entirely white (Garth 1946).

Habitat and depth. Muddy and sandy bottoms, 9–111 m.

Range. Off Malaga Cove, Palos Verdes Peninsula, California to Galapagos Is. Type locality off Cape San Lucas , Baja California, Mexico .