Pasiphaea emarginata Rathbun, 1902

Wicksten, Mary K., 2012, Decapod Crustacea of the Californian and Oregonian Zoogeographic Provinces 3371, Zootaxa 3371, pp. 1-307 : 38

Pasiphaea emarginata Rathbun, 1902

( Fig. 8F–H)

Pasiphaea emarginata Rathbun, 1902a: 905 ; 1904: 22, fig.4. — Schmitt 1921:30, fig. 15. — Ebeling et al. 1969: 12. — Word & Charwat 1976: 205. — Hendrickx & Estrada-Navarrete 1989: 112; 1996: 96, fig. 60. — Wicksten 2002: 134.

Diagnosis. Postfrontal projection spine-like, directed obliquely upward. Carapace with small knob anterior to postfrontal tooth, small branchiostegal tooth supported by carina, dorsal carina extending to posterior margin, lateral H-shaped carina extending posteriorly along branchial region, two smaller carina parallel to this carina but dorsal to it, small Y-shaped carina near antennal region. Appendages similar to those of P. pacifica . Abdominal somites 1–5 slightly carinate, somite 6 with faint carina. Telson with dorsal groove, V-shaped posterior notch. Total length 81 mm.

Color in life. Translucent, scattered red chromatophores on much of body; telson, uropods, antennae, maxillipeds with red tint.

Habitat and depth. Mostly pelagic, 0–1600 m. Rarely taken in bottom trawls.

Range. Santa Barbara Channel, California to Concepcion Bay , Gulf of California . Type locality off Concepcion Bay, Gulf of California .