Sergia japonica ( Bate, 1881 )

Wicksten, Mary K., 2012, Decapod Crustacea of the Californian and Oregonian Zoogeographic Provinces 3371, Zootaxa 3371, pp. 1-307 : 31

Sergia japonica ( Bate, 1881)

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Sergestes japonicus Bate, 1881: 194 .

Sergestes (Sergia) japonicus . — Crosnier & Forest 1973: 341, figs. 113c, 117 (extensive synonymy).

Sergia japonicus . — Krygier & Pearcy 1981: 76. — Flock & Hopkins 1992: 214.

Sergia japonica . — Pérez Farfante & Kensley 1997: 200. — Wicksten 2002: 131.

Diagnosis. Similar to S. tenuiremis except rostrum short, blunt. Eyestalk long, overreaching stylocerite; cornea small. Carapace with cervical groove reaching from middorsal surface to lateral groove, lateral groove divided posterior to cervical groove with dorsal section extending nearly to posterior of carapace, ventral groove ending short of ventral margin. Telson as long as endopod of uropods. Female total length about 75 mm.

Color in life. Not reported.

Habitat and depth. Pelagic, 0–1000 m but usually deeper than 500 m. Taken at 850–1000 m off Oregon .

Range. Japan to Philippines, New Zealand, off British Columbia and Oregon, Newfoundland to Gulf of Mexico, west of Scotland to off Angola, Mediterranean. Type locality "south of Japan.”