Heptacarpus kincaidi (Rathbun, 1902)

Wicksten, Mary K., 2012, Decapod Crustacea of the Californian and Oregonian Zoogeographic Provinces 3371, Zootaxa 3371, pp. 1-307 : 84

Heptacarpus kincaidi (Rathbun, 1902)

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Spirontocaris kincaidi Rathbun, 1902a: 899 ; 1904: 95, fig. 43. — Schmitt 1921: 63, fig. 40.

Heptacarpus kincaidi . — Holthuis 1947: 12. — Kozloff 1974: 167. — Word & Charwat 1976: 119. — Butler 1980: 218. — Wicksten 1990b: 594. — Jensen 1995: 47, fig. 78. — Chace 1997: 44.

Diagnosis. Rostrum moderately deep, exceeding antennular peduncle, with 5 or 6 dorsal, 5 or 6 ventral teeth; apex usually bifid. Second, third segments of antennular peduncle with 1 spine each, stylocerite reaching end of second segment. Third maxilliped with epipod. No epipods on pereopods. Pereopods 3–5 slender, with spinose dactyls; merus of pereopod 3 with 2–4 spines, pereopod 4, with 2 or 3 spines, pereopod 5, with 2 or 3 spines. Pleura of abdominal somites 1–4 rounded, 5 with sharp ventral point. Dorsal posterior margin of somite 3 forming cap-like lobe. Telson with 4 pairs dorsolateral spines. Female total length 35 mm, male not reported.

Color in life. Mostly transparent, with red spots and bands on body, and appendages ( Butler 1980). Rostrum with yellowish stripe, body marked with red and streaked with white and gray-green patches ( Jensen 1995).

Habitat and depth. Subtidal rocky areas, in association with sea anemones, Cribrinopsis fernaldi Siebert & Spaulding 1976 ; and Urticina crassicornis (O.F. Müller, 1776) ( Jensen 1995) , 10– 183 m.

Range. Discovery Passage, east coast of Vancouver I., British Columbia to San Pedro, California. Type locality Santa Cruz, California .