Lebbeus speciosus ( Urita, 1942 )

Wicksten, Mary K., 2012, Decapod Crustacea of the Californian and Oregonian Zoogeographic Provinces 3371, Zootaxa 3371, pp. 1-307 : 89-90

Lebbeus speciosus ( Urita, 1942)

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Spirontocaris makarofi speciosa Urita, 1942: 19 , fig. 4.

Lebbeus possjeticus Kobyakova, 1967: 235 , fig. 4. — Wicksten & Méndez 1982: 118. — Wicksten 1990b: 592.

Lebbeus speciosus . — Hayashi 1992: 132, figs. 13, 14.— Chace 1997: 52.

Diagnosis. Rostrum moderately deep, exceeding apex of antennular peduncle, with 5–7 dorsal teeth, 2 on carapace proper, 3 or 4 ventral teeth. First segment of antennular peduncle with 3 or 4 terminal spines, stylocerite reaching second segment. Carapace with strong supraorbital tooth. Pereopods 1–3 with epipods. Pereopods 3–5 slender, with short, spinose dactyls. Merus of pereopod 3, with 4 spines; pereopod 4, with 3 or 4 spines; pereopod 5, with 1 or 2 spines. Pleura of abdominal somites 1–3 rounded, 4, 5 with small points. Telson with 4 or 5 pairs dorsolateral spines. Total length 32 mm.

Color in life. Carapace, abdomen with dark brown bands, telson dark brown, appendages brown, white ( Hayashi 1992).

Habitat and depth. Rocky shores, subtidal areas, 0–57 m.

Range. Hokkaido, Siberia, Bering I., and off San Nicolas I ., California. Type locality Sakhalin.