Glyphocrangon spinulosa Faxon, 1893

Wicksten, Mary K., 2012, Decapod Crustacea of the Californian and Oregonian Zoogeographic Provinces 3371, Zootaxa 3371, pp. 1-307 : 122

Glyphocrangon spinulosa Faxon, 1893

(Pl. 5F)

Glyphocrangon spinulosa Faxon, 1893: 202 ; 1895: 138, pl. 38. — Wicksten 1979c: 220, fig. 3A; 1989b: 314. — Wicksten & Hendrickx 2003: 70.

Diagnosis. Entire exoskeleton covered by short spines. Rostrum exceeding antennular peduncle, with 5–7 lateral teeth. Eye large and pigmented. Carapace with large antennal, branchiostegal teeth; cervical, lateral, anterior grooves. Teeth on lateral carinae larger than those on rest of carapace. Antennular peduncle short, stout; exceeding scaphocerite. Scaphocerite broad, apex rounded, with small lateral tooth near base. Third maxilliped short, stout, setose, with exopod. Pereopod 1 subchelate, ischium with anteroventral tooth. Pereopod 2 subchelate right pereopod longer than left, both with multi-articulate carpus. Pereopods 3–5 similar, but third dactylus simple, dactyls 4, 5 more flattened. Abdomen with interrupted median dorsal carina along entire length. Abdominal pleura 1 rounded, pleura of somites 2–5 with two ventral teeth each, pleuron of somite 6 with prominent lateral teeth visible from dorsal aspect. Telson longer than uropods. Total length 110 mm.

Color in life. Red ( Faxon 1895).

Habitat and depth. Sand, mud, 1097–1875 m.

Range. Cortez Basin, California, U.S.A. to Costa Rica. Type material was collected at five stations between the southern Gulf of California (Albatross sta. 3435, 26˚ 48' 0" N, 110˚ 45' 20"W) and off Cape Corrientes, Colombia (Albatross sta. 3353, 7˚ 6' 15"N, 80˚ 34' 0"W) .