Comprehensive Description
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Carapace orange, with pale transverse ridges; abdomen and pereopods pale orange, fingers of chelipeds and dactyli of walking legs white, posterior part of abdomen paler, chelipeds with red spot on distodorsal portion of merus.
Diagnostic Description
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Transverse ridges on carapace few and widely separated. Rostral spine with 2 uninterrupted longitudinal ridges dorsally. Fourth abdominal segment with pair of submedian spines. Gastric process high. Distomesial spine of first segment of antennal peduncle slightly overreaching midlength of antennular basal segment. Distolateral spine of second antennal article strong, reaching end of third article. Pereopods 2-4 dactyli with numerous (7-8) spine-like setae.
Identification Resources
provided by Delta keys to Squat Lobster Identification
Delta keys for squat lobsters, including Onconida prostrata are available at http://researchdata.museum.vic.gov.au/squatlobster/delta/deltakey.htm
Distribution
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Field Bank (SW Pacific); in 469-505 m.
Brief Summary
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Type data: holotype, female, MNHN Ga 3608. Type locality: Field Banc, SW Pacific, 12°31´S, 174°20´W, 495-505 m.
