Heptacarpus paludicola Holmes, 1900

Wicksten, Mary K., 2012, Decapod Crustacea of the Californian and Oregonian Zoogeographic Provinces 3371, Zootaxa 3371, pp. 1-307 : 85

Heptacarpus paludicola Holmes, 1900

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Heptacarpus paludicola Holmes, 1900: 201 , pl. 3, figs. 56–57. — Holthuis 1947: 12. — Kozloff 1974: 167. — Word & Charwat 1976: 123. — Butler 1980: 227. — Chace & Abbott 1980: 569. — Ricketts et al. 1985: 85, fig. 66. — Wicksten 1990b: 595. — Chace 1997: 44. — Kuris et al. 2007: 639, pl. 318 F.

Spirontocaris paludicola . — Rathbun 1904: 101. — Schmitt 1921: 64, fig. 42. — Johnson & Snook 1927: 306, fig. 259f.

Diagnosis. Rostrum extending beyond antennular peduncle, with 6–8 dorsal,2–4 ventral teeth. Spine on each of three segments of antennular peduncle, stylocerite not reaching end of first segment. Third maxilliped, pereopods 1, 2 with epipods. Pereopods 3–5 with spinose bifid dactyls. Merus of pereopod 3, with 5 spines; pereopod 4, with 4 spines; pereopod 5, with 2–4 spines. Pleura of abdominal somites 1–3 rounded, fourth with weak point, fifth with well developed point. Telson with 4 or 5 pairs dorsolateral spines. Male total length 20 mm, female 32 mm.

Color in life. Green, with bands, stripes, or speckles; transparent; color dependent on size and substrate. Blue to aquamarine at night ( Bauer 1981).

Habitat and depth. Tide pools, eelgrass beds, intertidal zone to 10 m.

Range. Tava I., Alaska to San Diego, California. Type locality Humboldt Bay , California .