Pagurus caurinus Hart, 1971

Wicksten, Mary K., 2012, Decapod Crustacea of the Californian and Oregonian Zoogeographic Provinces 3371, Zootaxa 3371, pp. 1-307 : 185

Pagurus caurinus Hart, 1971

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Pagurus caurinus Hart, 1971: 1528 , figs. 1–7. — McLaughlin 1974: 132, figs. 33, 34. — Haig & Wicksten 1975: 101. — Hart 1982: 152, fig. 58. — Bidle & McLaughlin 1992: 224, figs. 2–8. — Jensen 1995: 66, fig. 123. — Lemaitre & Castaño 2004: 78. — Kuris et al. 2007: 650.

Diagnosis. Rostrum obtuse, lateral projections of carapace nearly obsolete. Eyestalk long, slender; slightly constricted medially, cornea slightly dilated, ocular scale with blunt apex, sharp submarginal tooth. Major cheliped stout, with numerous setae; with 1–2 large knobs medio-ventrally, carpus with dorsolateral row of sharp teeth, smaller spinules, palm with numerous spines, distolateral margin with spines, smaller spines along mesial margin. Minor cheliped slender, setose, with 2 rows of spines on dorsal surface of carpus, 2–3 rows of spines on hand, fixed finger, smaller spines on movable finger. Pereopods 2, 3 stout, carpus of anterior leg with serrate dorsal margin, dactyls more or less straight, with setae, small spines on ventral margin. Telson more or less symmetrical, with notch on lateral margin, terminal margin with notch, sharp teeth. Carapace length to 10 mm.

Color in life. Chelipeds with carpus, chela greenish gray to green, with orange-tipped tubercles, merus redbrown with cream-colored band at distal end. Pereopods 2, 3 banded with reddish brown and cream. Setae of appendages golden-brown. Eyestalk translucent with brown bands. Antennal flagellum orange. Hart (1982) gave a detailed description of the living color.

Habitat and depth. Rocks or sand, lowest intertidal zone to 126 m. Usually found in subtidal areas.

Range. Port Gravina , Alaska to San Pedro, California but rarely reported in California. Type locality Frank I., Tofino, British Columbia .