Benthesicymus tanneri Faxon, 1893

Wicksten, Mary K., 2012, Decapod Crustacea of the Californian and Oregonian Zoogeographic Provinces 3371, Zootaxa 3371, pp. 1-307 : 18-20

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1175­5334

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scientific name

Benthesicymus tanneri Faxon, 1893
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Benthesicymus tanneri Faxon, 1893 View in CoL

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Benthesicymus tanneri Faxon, 1893: 215 View in CoL ; 1895: 205, pl. H. — Rathbun 1904: 147. — Schmitt 1921: 23, fig. 10. — Anderson & Lindner 1943: 298. — Méndez 1981: 31, pl. 8, figs. 61, 61a, 62a, b. — Wicksten 1989b: 311. — Kikuchi & Nemoto 1991: 65. — Hendrickx 1996: 12, fig. 5 (extensive synonymy). — Pérez Farfante & Kensley 1997: 61. — Guzmán & Wicksten 200: 926. — Wicksten & Hendrickx 2003: 57.

Diagnosis. Exoskeleton smooth, membranous. Rostrum short, raised into crest with 2 dorsal, no ventral teeth, continued on carapace as dorsal carina to cervical groove. Carapace with lower orbital angle prominent but blunt, prominent branchiostegal tooth continuing into carina, sharp pterygostomian angle without tooth; hepatic spine, gastro-hepatic, cervical grooves, ridge along branchial region. Eye pigmented. Stylocerite shorter than first segment of antennular peduncle, with tooth at distal external angle. Scaphocerite tapered. Last segment of third maxilliped with 4 spines, exopod present. Pereopods slender, without exopods. Abdominal somites 1–3 without carinae, somite 4 with faint dorsal carina, somites 5, 6 with dorsal carina armed with posterior tooth. Telson short, convex above, with 3 pairs lateral spines. Total length to 112 mm.

Color in life. Deep red, sometimes with patch of blue on abdominal somites 2–4.

Habitat and depth. Continental slopes, usually benthic, 484–1300 m

Range. San Diego, California to northern Chile. Type locality 75 mi. SW of Guaymas, central Gulf of

California (Albatross sta. 3436).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Benthesicymidae

Genus

Benthesicymus

Loc

Benthesicymus tanneri Faxon, 1893

Wicksten, Mary K. 2012
2012
Loc

Benthesicymus tanneri

Wicksten, M. K. & Hendrickx, M. E. 2003: 57
Perez Farfante, I. & Kensley, B. 1997: 61
Kikuchi, T. & Nemoto, T. 1991: 65
Wicksten, M. K. 1989: 311
Mendez, M. 1981: 31
Anderson, W. W. & Lindner, M. J. 1943: 298
Schmitt, W. L. 1921: 23
Rathbun, M. J. 1904: 147
Faxon, W. 1895: 205
Faxon, W. 1893: 215
1893
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