Parapagurus benedicti de Saint Laurent, 1972

Wicksten, Mary K., 2012, Decapod Crustacea of the Californian and Oregonian Zoogeographic Provinces 3371, Zootaxa 3371, pp. 1-307 : 199-200

Parapagurus benedicti de Saint Laurent, 1972

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Parapagurus pilosimanus benedicti de Saint Laurent, 1972a: 103 , pl. 1, fig. 6. — McLaughlin 1974: 372, figs. 100, 101 (extensive synonymy). — Wicksten 1980c: 364; 1982: 245; 1989b: 314. — Hart 1982: 108, fig. 38.

Parapagurus pilosimanus . — Haig 1955: 1. — Makarov 1962: 212, fig. 747. — Pereyra & Alton 1972: 450.

Parapagurus benedicti . — Lemaitre 1989b: 11. — Hendrickx & Harvey 1999: 373.

Diagnosis. Rostrum rounded, slightly longer than lateral projections of carapace. Ocular scale usually bifid but sometimes with 1–3 points. Eyestalk slender, elongate, cornea slightly wider than eyestalk. Major cheliped elongate, much longer than minor cheliped, set with small tubercles but without spines; palm of chela broad, with short fingers having irregular teeth; chela in adults can be covered by thick golden setae. Minor cheliped more slender, fingers more elongate in proportion to chela than in major chela. Pereopods 2, 3 slender, dactyls almost as long as propodus, carpus combined. Telson with convex posterior margin, often with very slight median sinus; with 6–12 teeth on lateral margins. Carapace length to 16 mm.

Color in life. Bright red; setae of major chela golden. The color notes are from a crab collected off southern California.

Habitat and depth. Muddy sea floor of continental slope, 750–1902 m.

Range. Alaska to Chile. Type locality off Point Sur Light, Monterey County, California .