Acanthephyra eximia Smith, 1884

Wicksten, Mary K., 2012, Decapod Crustacea of the Californian and Oregonian Zoogeographic Provinces 3371, Zootaxa 3371, pp. 1-307 : 42-43

Acanthephyra eximia Smith, 1884

(Pl. 1B)

Acanthephyra eximia Smith, 1884: 376 . — Chace 1940: 147, text fig. 24; 1986: 18, figs. 2j, 4j, 5j, 6h, 9a. — Crosnier & Forest 1973: 34, fig. 7c. — Baba et al. 1986: 86, fig. 46. — Hendrickx & Estrada-Navarrete 1989: 114. — Wicksten 2002: 135.

Diagnosis. Exoskeleton firm. Rostrum as long as scaphocerite, narrow, with 8 dorsal teeth, space between them and apex of rostrum, 4 ventral teeth. Carapace with dorsomedial carina, antennal, branchiostegal teeth. Eyes pigmented. Antennular peduncle short. Scaphocerite with narrow blade exceeding lateral tooth. Third maxilliped, all pereopods with prominent exopods. Pereopods 1, 2 with slender chelae, pereopods 3–5 with simple dactyls, row of spinules along merus. All but abdominal somite 1 with dorsomedial carina, with posterior median tooth on somites 3–6, tooth of somite 3 largest. Telson with faint dorsal carina, 3–5 pairs lateral spines. Carapace length to 41 mm.

Color in life. Crimson.

Habitat and depth. Pelagic or benthic, 200–4700 m.

Range. Indo-West Pacific, southern California , Gulf of Mexico , Caribbean Sea, and Atlantic Ocean. Type locality off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina .