Uroptychus

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Uroptychus
Specimen of Uroptychus nigricapillis with gorgonian corals.JPG
Uroptychus nigricapillis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Chirostylidae
Genus: Uroptychus
Henderson, 1888
Synonyms   [1]

DiptychusMilne-Edwards, 1880

Uroptychus is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Chirostylidae found across the Indo-Pacific. [1] The genus Uroptychus contains the following species: [2]

References

  1. 1 2 P. J. F. Davie (2002). "Chirostylidae". Crustacea: Malocostraca: Eucarida (Part 2), Decapoda: Anomura, Brachyura. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 19. CSIRO Publishing. pp. 29–32. ISBN   9780643067929.
  2. De Grave, Sammy (9 July 2020). "Uroptychus Henderson, 1888". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 12 October 2024.