Sergia laminata ( Burkenroad, 1940 )

Wicksten, Mary K., 2012, Decapod Crustacea of the Californian and Oregonian Zoogeographic Provinces 3371, Zootaxa 3371, pp. 1-307 : 31

Sergia laminata ( Burkenroad, 1940)

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Sergestes laminatus Burkenroad, 1940: 53 . — Ebeling et al. 1969: 12. — Kensley 1971: 251, figs. 18a–f.

Sergia laminata . — Hendrickx & Estrada-Navarrete 1989: 109; 1996: 69, fig. 43. — Pérez Farfante & Kensley 1997: 200. — Wicksten 2002: 132.

Sergia laminatus . — Wasmer 1993: 60, fig. 10.

Diagnosis. Similar to S. tenuiremis exept dermal photophores absent. Rostrum blunt. Cornea of eye wider than eyestalk. Carapace with small hepatic tooth in juvenile, no supraorbital tooth. Cervical groove extending across dorsal surface of carapace. Anterolateral groove of carapace not quite meeting cervical groove, posterolateral groove ascending gradually toward posterior margin of carapace, without any branches; faint ventrolateral groove. Antennular peduncle slender. Scaphocerite not reaching end of third segment of antennular peduncle. Third maxilliped slender, not as long as third pereopod. Posterior pereopods slender, setose. Telson almost as long as inner uropod. Total length 36 mm.

Color in life. Red to purplish red, without black pigment fleck on ocular segment.

Habitat and depth. Pelagic, 0–1416 m.

Range. Indo-West Pacific , Japan, Tasman Sea , south of Australia, San Pedro Basin , California to Baja California ; off west coast of Africa. Type locality off Baja California (Dana station 3933 I) .