Uroptychus

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

Diptychus Milne-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. 1.0 1.1 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.

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