Crangon handi Kuris & Carlton, 1977

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Crangon handi Kuris & Carlton, 1977

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Crangon handi Kuris & Carlton 1977: 540 , figs. 1, 2. — Standing 1981: 781. — Jensen 1995: 41, fig. 62. — Kuris et al. 2007: 636, pl. 319 E.

Diagnosis (after Kuris & Carlton 1977). Rostrum short, not as long as cornea as eye. Carapace with 1 median dorsal tooth, also hepatic, branchiostegal teeth. Stylocerite short, blunt, not as long as first segment of antennular peduncle. Scaphocerite with very broad blade, exceeding lateral tooth. Third maxilliped setose, with exopod. Pereopod 1 stout, merus with 1 spine; hand broad, dactyl closing obliquely against propodus. Pereopod 2 slender, chelate. Pereopod 3 slender, with simple dactyl. Pereopods 4, 5 stouter than third. Pleura of abdominal somites blunt to rounded. Abdominal somite 6 relatively short, with shallow ventral groove. Telson with 2 pairs dorsolateral spines, exceeding uropods. Total length to 50.3 mm.

Color in life. Well camouflaged with bars, patches of white, black, brown or other colors, resembling sand on which it rests ( Kuris & Carlton 1977, fig. 2).

Habitat and depth. Coarse sand, intertidal zone to 55 m.

Range. Cape Arago , Oregon to Colnett Bay , Baja California, Mexico. Type locality Horseshoe Cove , Bodega Head, Sonoma County, California .