Acanthephyra quadrispinosa Kemp, 1939

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

Acanthephyra quadrispinosa Kemp, 1939

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Acanthephyra quadrispinosa Kemp, 1939: 571 . — Krygier & Pearcy 1981: 83. — Chace 1986: 26, figs. 3h, 4t, 7g, 10c, 14. — Hendrickx & Estrada-Navarrete 1989: 114. — Wicksten 2002: 135.

Diagnosis. Exoskeleton firm. Rostrum longer than carapace, with 3–7 dorsal, 6 ventral teeth. Carapace with blunt carina near rostrum, small antennal tooth, branchiostegal tooth with short posterior carina. Third maxilliped longer than first or second pereopods. Pereopods 3–5 setose, with few spines on merus, ischium. Abdominal somites 2–6 with dorsomedial carina, median tooth on somites 3–6, somite 6 with distolateral tooth. Telson with dorsal groove, 4 pairs lateral, terminal spines. Total length 40 mm.

Color in life. Red. The color note is from a specimen taken off Oahu, Hawaiian Is.

Habitat and depth. Pelagic, 250–5040 m; may migrate between 180–1500 m.

Range. Indo-West Pacific, Oregon, and Atlantic Ocean. Type locality south and eastern Africa .