Benthesicymus laciniatus Rathbun, 1906

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

Benthesicymus laciniatus Rathbun, 1906

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Benthesicymus laciniatus Rathbun, 1906: 906 , fig. 59, pl. XIX, fig. 3. — Hayashi 1983: 441, fig. 62.— Kikuchi & Nemoto 1991: 65. — Pérez Farfante & Kensley 1997: 61. — Wicksten 2004: 93 (extensive synonymy).

Gennadas pectinatus Schmitt, 1921: 25 , fig. 12; pl. 11, fig. 1. — Pérez Farfante & Kensley 1997: 66. — Wicksten 2002: 128.

Diagnosis. Rostrum slightly ascending, with 1 or 2 dorsal teeth, sharp apex, continuing posteriorly as dorsal carina to cervical groove. Carapace with antennal, branchiostegal teeth; cervical groove, Y-shaped lateral groove running posteriorly. Eye without pigment, eyestalk with tubercle. Scaphocerite with rounded blade, exceeding lateral tooth. Second maxilliped broad, flattened. Pereopods 1–3 short, strong, chelate; pereopods 4, 5 long slender. Pleopods with exceptionally long endopods, exopods. Abdominal somites 1–4 rounded, fourth with comb-like structure of teeth spinules along posterior margin. Somites 5, 6 with dorsal carina small posterolateral tooth, carina of somite 5 ending in sharp tooth. Telson shorter than uropods, with 4 pairs lateral spines. Carapace length to 42 mm.

Color in life. Orange. The color note is from a specimen taken off the Hawaiian Is.

Habitat and depth. Lower continental slope and abyssal plains, 1471–4028 m.

Range. Cosmopolitan: Madagascar, Reunion, Saya de Malha Bank , Japan, Hawaiian Is., off Santa Catalina I. , California; off Baja California, Mexico; Azores, Canary Is. Type locality off Kaui, Hawaiian Is .