E-Fauna BC: Electronic Atlas of the Wildlife of British Columbia

Carapace: shield subequal in length and width. Eyestalk short and stout; cornea dilated. Right cheliped stout, slightly shorter than walking legs; merus setose; carpus with small spines on dorsal surface and serrate and setose margins; hand spiny with a raised triangular ridge and base less than half the width of the palm; apex reaches level of base of finger. Left cheliped smaller and slender, with hand slightly swollen on left side, and a curved raised ridge margined with 2 rows of spines on palm; fingers elongate. 1st and 2nd walking legs slender; carpi and propodi dorsally serrate; dactyl with stiff setae on dorsal margins and minute spines on ventral margin: claw small, sharp.

Shield length: male 18.1 mm.

Carapace: shield red, orange, yellow and white dappled; laterally red with white reticulations; posterior red and orange with pale yellow dots. Abdomen with red, pink, orange and white areas. Chelipeds with white spines and granules; ischium orange; merus pink to orange; carpus pink to orange with some yellow striae; palm yellowish, with pink depressions; fingers orange with yellow teeth. 1st and 2nd walking legs red, orange and pink in patches; dactyl orange with red setae. Eyestalk orange with white tip distally; eyescales orange with white margins; cornea black with gold flecks. Antennal flagellum scarlet.