Eualus berkeleyorum Butler, 1971

Wicksten, Mary K., 2012, Decapod Crustacea of the Californian and Oregonian Zoogeographic Provinces 3371, Zootaxa 3371, pp. 1-307 : 76

Eualus berkeleyorum Butler, 1971

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Eualus berkeleyorum Butler, 1971: 1616 , figs. 1–2; Butler 1980: 199, pl. 5A.— Coyle & Mueller 1981: 17. — Wicksten 1984b: 246; 1990b: 593. — Jensen & Armstrong 1987: 216. — Chace 1997: 42.— Jensen 2004: 468.

Diagnosis. Rostrum short, reaching end of first segment of antennular peduncle, with 8–11 dorsal, 2–5 ventral teeth. Second, third segments of antennular peduncle bearing spines, stylocerite not reaching end of first segment. Carapace with strong suborbital, antennal teeth, weak pterygostomian tooth. Pereopods 1–3 with exopods. Pereopods 3–5 slender, with long, simple dactyls; merus of pereopods 3–5 each with 4–5 spines. Pleura of abdominal somites 1–4 rounded, 5 with point. Telson with 3 pairs dorsolateral spines. Female total length 38 mm, male not reported.

Color in life. White to cream, with red to orange patches on rostrum, body, appendages; saddle-like bands on abdominal somites ( Butler 1980 color plate 5A).

Habitat and depth. Soft mud, 46–384 m ( Butler 1980).

Range. SE of St. George I., Pribilof Is., Alaska to off Trinidad Harbor, Humboldt County, California. Type locality Strait of Georgia , Alaska .