Crangon holmesi Rathbun, 1902

Wicksten, Mary K., 2012, Decapod Crustacea of the Californian and Oregonian Zoogeographic Provinces 3371, Zootaxa 3371, pp. 1-307 : 112

Crangon holmesi Rathbun, 1902

( Fig. 27L–N)

Crangon holmesi Rathbun, 1902a: 888 . — Rathbun 1904: 118, fig. 58. — Zarenkov 1965: 1763. — Word & Charwat 1976: 79. Crago holmesi . — Schmitt 1921: 90, fig. 60.

Diagnosis. Exoskeleton thin, smooth. Rostrum short, apex rounded. Carapace with single median tooth, also hepatic, branchiostegal teeth. Eye pigmented. Scaphocerite narrow, lateral tooth greatly exceeding blade. Third maxilliped setose, with exopod. Pereopod 1 with propodus elongate, dactyl closing obliquely against propodus. Pereopod 2 slender, chelate. Pereopod 3 slender, with simple dactyl. Pereopods 4, 5 longer than pereopod 3, with simple dactyls. Pleura of abdominal somites blunt to rounded. Abdominal somite 6 without ventral groove. Telson with 2 pairs dorsolateral spines. Total length to 34.0 mm.

Color in life. Not reported.

Habitat and depth. Sand, mud, 28–107 m.

Range. Wilmington, Los Angeles County to Cedros I., Baja California . Type locality Wilmington , California .

Remarks. The type locality of this species is within Los Angeles Harbor, which has been heavily modified by human activity. Subsequent records have come from coastal waters of California and northern Baja California.