Upogebia lepta Williams, 1986

Wicksten, Mary K., 2012, Decapod Crustacea of the Californian and Oregonian Zoogeographic Provinces 3371, Zootaxa 3371, pp. 1-307 : 139-140

Upogebia lepta Williams, 1986

( Fig. 32E–I)

Upogebia lepta Williams, 1986a: 22 , fig. 8. — Sakai 2006: 73. — Campos-Gonzalez et al. 2009: 1258.

Diagnosis. Rostrum narrowly triangular, straight, longer than eyestalk, with pair small subapical dorsal teeth, 4 lateral teeth on each side, central part of rostrum without teeth. Much of dorsal surface of carapace covered by spiniform tubercles, postocular tooth present. Cervical groove, thalassinidean line conspicuous. Antennular peduncle shorter than antennal peduncle, first, second articles bearing prominent ventral teeth. Third maxilliped with epipod. Major chelipeds nearly equal, slender; ischium with small spine, merus with small spines on superior, inferior sides; carpus with prominent teeth, palm setose, prominent spine at distal end, fixed finger of chela short, with tooth on cutting edge; movable finger slightly curved, with dentate dorsal crest having long proximal tooth. Pereopod 2 stout, setose; carpus with teeth. Pereopod 3 with slender dactyl, merus with cluster of weak proximoventral spines. Pereopod 4 slender, merus without spines. Pereopod 5 subchelate. Abdomen smooth. Telson rectangular, very slightly lobed posteriorly, with low transverse anterior ridge, low lateral ridges. Uropods with protopod having tiny tooth, exopod with 3 dorsal ridges, endopod with 1 ridge. Male without first pleopods. Male carapace length 6.2 mm., female not reported.

Color in life. Not reported.

Habitat and depth. Benthic, 74–103 m.

Range. Santa Catalina I. , California and Coronado Is., Baja California, Mexico. Type locality Coronado Is .

Remarks. Williams (1986a) did not report the substrate, but the areas in which the specimens were collected often have bottoms of shelly sand.