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benthic; marine; depth range 2086 - 3300 m |
Eastern Pacific: Peru and USA. |
Proboscis inflated at both midpoint and distal end. Species has two or three major heel spines larger than sole spines but not nearly as large as heel spines of Pallenopsis californica. Abdomen very long; tibiae with rows of long, slender, lateral setae, and cement gland tube nearly as long as femoral diameter. Chelae conspicuously smaller relative to those of other species (Ref. 2157, p. 4). |
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Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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