P. tuberipes has a pentagonal carapace covered with granules.[1] The female holotype's carapace measured at 41 mm (1.6 in) long and 47 mm (1.9 in) wide, and its walking legs are as long or slightly longer than its carapace, giving it a legspan of approximately 120 mm (4.7 in).[1] Its chelipeds have tubercles near the carapace, granules and rounded spines further down, and tufts of setae on the fingers of its chelae.[1] Its walking legs feature long, rounded spines, with its slightly curved dactyli having smaller rounded spines and tufts of setae.[1] On its underside, its abdominal segments are covered with small granules.[1]
Distribution
As of 2020[update], exactly one specimen of P. tuberipes has been described, a female found in the Huichas Islands near Puerto Aguirre [es], Chile in January 1945.[1][3][2] Its depth was not recorded.[2]
Etymology
P. tuberipes was named by carcinologist Enrique Macpherson in 1988, and its name is a combination of the Latin words "tuber" (referring to "tubercles") and "pes" ("foot").[1][a]
^ abcWicksten, M.K. (2020). "Lower Slope and Abyssal Benthic Decapods of the Eastern Pacific". In Hendrickx, Michel E. (ed.). Deep-Sea Pycnogonids and Crustaceans of the Americas. p. 397. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-58410-8_17. ISBN978-3-030-58409-2. [...] the records of Paralomis tuberipes do not provide a depth.
