Lebbeus vicinus montereyensis Wicksten & Méndez, 1982

Wicksten, Mary K., 2012, Decapod Crustacea of the Californian and Oregonian Zoogeographic Provinces 3371, Zootaxa 3371, pp. 1-307 : 90

Lebbeus vicinus montereyensis Wicksten & Méndez, 1982

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Lebbeus polaris: Wicksten 1978a: 6 , fig. 6 [not Alpheus polaris Sabine, 1821 ].

Lebbeus vicinus montereyensis Wicksten & Méndez, 1982: 114 , pl. 6. — Wicksten 1989b: 313; 1990b: 591. — Chace 1997: 52. — Wicksten & Hendrickx 2003: 67

Diagnosis. Rostrum of female long and slender, reaching end of scaphocerite, of male not reaching end of scaphocerite, with 3 or 4 dorsal teeth, 2 or 3 of them on carapace proper, 4 ventral teeth. First segment of antennular peduncle with sharp spine, stylocerite reaching end of first segment. Carapace with supraorbital tooth. Pereopod 1 with epipod. Pereopods 3–5 slender, dactyls with spines. Merus of pereopod 3, with 1 large distolateral, 4–6 smaller lateral spines; pereopod 4, with 4 meral spines; pereopod 5, with 3 lateral meral spines. Pleura of abdominal somites 1–4 rounded, 5 with sharp point. Telson with 2 pairs dorsolateral spines. Total length 50-65 mm.

Color in life. Not reported.

Habitat and depth. Benthic, 954–2086 m.

Range. Monterey Bay , California to Gulf of California, Mexico . Type locality west of Punta Banda , Baja California, Mexico .