Euphylax dovii Stimpson, 1860

Wicksten, Mary K., 2012, Decapod Crustacea of the Californian and Oregonian Zoogeographic Provinces 3371, Zootaxa 3371, pp. 1-307 : 236-237

Euphylax dovii Stimpson, 1860

( Fig. 55C, D)

Euphylax dovii Stimpson, 1860: 226 , pl. 5, figs. 5, 5a. — Rathbun 1930: 147, pl. 65. — Garth & Stephenson 1966: 64, pl. VI, figs. A, B; pl. VIII, fig. F, pl. X, figs. F, G; pl. XII, fig. G, text fig. 3a. — Word 1976: 161, fig. 1. — Chivers 1979: 276.

Diagnosis. Carapace relatively long, roughly ovoid; widest near middle, cardiac, branchial regions swollen. Front narrow, T-shaped, with median notch. Orbital region broad, length of eyestalk over 0.66 times carapace breadth. Four-five anterolateral teeth or lobes; first most stout, last most protruding. Third maxilliped with anteroexternal angle laterally produced. Chelipeds long, hands compressed. Fingers with well spaced large teeth, movable finger with dorsal carina. Pereopods 2–4 elongate; dactyls broad, flat. Merus of pereopod 5 with subterminal spine on posterior margin, dactyl forming swimming paddle. Male carapace length to 52.8 mm, female to 25.9 mm.

Color in life. Carapace and merus of all legs deep purple, rest of appendages wine red; undersides blue, sternum white, abdomen brownish ( Garth & Stephenson 1966).

Habitat and depth. Mud or sand, intertidal zone to 65 m but often taken well offshore; capable of swimming long distances.

Range. Monterey Bay , California to Gulf of Guayaquil, Peru. Type locality "western coast of Central America.” This crab rarely occurs in California .