Pandalopsis dispar Rathbun, 1902

Wicksten, Mary K., 2012, Decapod Crustacea of the Californian and Oregonian Zoogeographic Provinces 3371, Zootaxa 3371, pp. 1-307 : 100

Pandalopsis dispar Rathbun, 1902

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Pandalopsis dispar Rathbun, 1902: 902 ; 1904: 54, pl. 1, fig. 2. — Kozloff 1974: 163. — Butler 1980: 124. — Wicksten 1989b: 313. — Jensen 1995: 53, fig. 97. — Ivanov & Sokolov: 165.

Diagnosis. Rostrum long, arched over eye, with 13–18 dorsal teeth, 2 or 3 spines, 9–15 ventral teeth. Eye large, pigmented. Carapace with strong antennal, moderate pterygostomian teeth. Antennular peduncle short, stylocerite short, flat; outer flagellum longer than body. Scaphocerite much longer than antennular peduncle, blade longer than lateral tooth; length of antennal flagellum 1.5 times as long as body length. Third maxilliped with antepenultimate segment with broad lamella, distal 2 segments slender, epipod present. Pereopods 1–4 with epipods. Pereopod 1 shorter than third maxilliped, ischium with broad lamella, dactyl with rounded apex. Pereopod 2 long, slender, with 26–33 carpal articles, chelate. Pereopods 3–5 slender, with simple dactyls; pereopod 3 with 0–1 spine on ischium, 7–9 outer, 3–5 inner meral spines; 2–3 carpal spines; pereopod 4 with 0-1 spine on ischium, 8–9 outer, 1-3 inner meral spines; 1–3 carpal spines; pereopod 5 without spine on ischium, 8–9 outer, 1–3 inner meral spines; 1–3 carpal spines. Posterior margin of abdominal somite 3 projecting over somite 4, pleura of somites 1–3 rounded, 4–5 with distolateral points, small spinule at midlateral posterior border of somites 4–5, somite 6 with posterolateral point. Telson narrow, 5–7 pairs dorsolateral spines, apex acute. Outer uropod longer than telson. Male total length 182 mm, female 208 mm.

Color in life. Reddish orange, broken white bars on abdominal somites, posterior half of carapace; pereopods 3–5 with red, white bars ( Butler 1980 color plate 8D).

Habitat and depth. Continental shelf and upper slope, 46–649 m.

Range. Western Bering Sea, Pribilof Is. to Manhattan Beach , Oregon. Type locality Chernofski Harbor, Unalaska I .