Micropanope latimanus Stimpson, 1871

Wicksten, Mary K., 2012, Decapod Crustacea of the Californian and Oregonian Zoogeographic Provinces 3371, Zootaxa 3371, pp. 1-307 : 243

Micropanope latimanus Stimpson, 1871

Micropanope latimana Stimpson, 1871: 107 .

Xanthodes latimanus . — Lockington, 1877a: 31.

Xanthias latimanus . — Holmes 1900: 66. — Rathbun 1904: 185. — Schmitt 1921: 247.

Micropanope latimanus . — Rathbun 1930: 433 (extensive synonymy).

Diagnosis (after Rathbun 1930). Carapace moderately convex, smooth except for granules along anterior, anterolateral margins. Front broad. Chelipeds unequal, minor chela with fingers more deflexed than those of major chela; angular. Palms broader than long, smooth, polished; strongly protuberant at postero-inferior angle. Fingers black, as long as palm, deflexed. Pereopods 2–5 with slender dactyls, with sparse setae. Carapace length 7.1 mm. There is no information on the number of lateral teeth of the carapace.

Color in life. "Marbled" (Lockington 1877).

Habitat and depth. Not reported.

Range. San Diego, California, Cape San Lucas, Baja California; and in Gulf of California from Mulege Bay , Port Escondido and San Jose I. Type locality Cape San Lucas .

Remarks. All of the specimens of this species seem to have been lost or destroyed. Stimpson's material, Lockington's types and any other early specimens of the California Academy of Sciences probably were burned. There are no illustrations at all of this species. The few records seem to indicate that the species should occur more frequently in Baja California Sur than in California, U.S.A. Garth (1986) noted that the genus Micropanope probably needs revision.

A. Milne-Edwards (1880, quoted by Rathbun 1917) suggested that M. latimanus might be a junior synonym of Glyptoplax pugnax Smith, 1870 (family Panopeidae ), a species reported from Costa Rica and Panama. A different species, Glyptoplax consagae Hendrickx 1989 , has been collected in the northern Gulf of California. There are no verified reports of either species of Glyptoplax in the southern Gulf of California, the Pacific coast of Baja California or California, U.S.A.