Glyphocrangon spinulosa Faxon, 1893

Wicksten, Mary K., 2012, Decapod Crustacea of the Californian and Oregonian Zoogeographic Provinces 3371, Zootaxa 3371, pp. 1-307 : 122

Glyphocrangon spinulosa Faxon, 1893

(Pl. 5F)

Glyphocrangon spinulosa Faxon, 1893: 202 ; 1895: 138, pl. 38. — Wicksten 1979c: 220, fig. 3A; 1989b: 314. — Wicksten & Hendrickx 2003: 70.

Diagnosis. Entire exoskeleton covered by short spines. Rostrum exceeding antennular peduncle, with 5–7 lateral teeth. Eye large and pigmented. Carapace with large antennal, branchiostegal teeth; cervical, lateral, anterior grooves. Teeth on lateral carinae larger than those on rest of carapace. Antennular peduncle short, stout; exceeding scaphocerite. Scaphocerite broad, apex rounded, with small lateral tooth near base. Third maxilliped short, stout, setose, with exopod. Pereopod 1 subchelate, ischium with anteroventral tooth. Pereopod 2 subchelate right pereopod longer than left, both with multi-articulate carpus. Pereopods 3–5 similar, but third dactylus simple, dactyls 4, 5 more flattened. Abdomen with interrupted median dorsal carina along entire length. Abdominal pleura 1 rounded, pleura of somites 2–5 with two ventral teeth each, pleuron of somite 6 with prominent lateral teeth visible from dorsal aspect. Telson longer than uropods. Total length 110 mm.

Color in life. Red ( Faxon 1895).

Habitat and depth. Sand, mud, 1097–1875 m.

Range. Cortez Basin, California, U.S.A. to Costa Rica. Type material was collected at five stations between the southern Gulf of California ( Albatross sta. 3435, 26˚ 48' 0" N, 110˚ 45' 20"W) and off Cape Corrientes, Colombia ( Albatross sta. 3353, 7˚ 6' 15"N, 80˚ 34' 0"W) .