Uroptychus Explained

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]

• Uroptychus acostalis Baba, 1988
• Uroptychus aguayoi Chace, 1939
• Uroptychus alcocki Ahyong & Poore, 2004
• Uroptychus alius Baba, 2005
• Uroptychus altus Baba, 2005
• Uroptychus amabilis Baba, 1979
• Uroptychus anacaena Baba & Lin, 2008
• Uroptychus anatonus Baba & Lin, 2008
• Uroptychus armatus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880)
• Uroptychus atlanticus Baba & Wicksten, 2017^[3]
• Uroptychus australis (Henderson, 1885)
• Uroptychus babai Ahyong & Poore, 2004
• Uroptychus bacillimanus Alcock & Anderson, 1899
• Uroptychus bellus Faxon, 1893
• Uroptychus belos Ahyong & Poore, 2004
• Uroptychus bicavus Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1992
• Uroptychus bispinatus Baba, 1988
• Uroptychus bouvieri Caullery, 1896
• Uroptychus brachydactylus Tirmizi, 1964
• Uroptychus brevipes Baba, 1990
• Uroptychus brevirostris Van Dam, 1933
• Uroptychus brevis Benedict, 1902
• Uroptychus brevisquamatus Baba, 1988
• Uroptychus brucei Baba, 1986
• Uroptychus calcar Ahyong & Poore, 2004
• Uroptychus capillatus Benedict, 1902
• Uroptychus cardus Ahyong & Poore, 2004
• Uroptychus cartesi Baba & Macpherson, 2012
• Uroptychus cavirostris Alcock & Anderson, 1899
• Uroptychus chacei (Baba, 1986)
• Uroptychus ciliatus (Van Dam, 1933)
• Uroptychus comptus Baba, 1988
• Uroptychus concolor (A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1894)
• Uroptychus convexus Baba, 1988
• Uroptychus crassior Baba, 1990
• Uroptychus crassipes Van Dam, 1939
• Uroptychus crosnieri Baba, 1990
• Uroptychus cyrano Poore & Andreakis, 2011
• Uroptychus dentatus Balss, 1913
• Uroptychus edisonicus Baba & Williams, 1998
• Uroptychus empheres Ahyong & Poore, 2004
• Uroptychus ensirostris Parisi, 1917
• Uroptychus faxianae Dong, Gan & Li, 2021
• Uroptychus flindersi Ahyong & Poore, 2004
• Uroptychus fornicatus Chace, 1942
• Uroptychus foulisi Kensley, 1977
• Uroptychus fusimanus Alcock & Anderson, 1899
• Uroptychus glaber Baba, 1981
• Uroptychus gordonae Tirmizi, 1964
• Uroptychus gracilimanus (Henderson, 1885)
• Uroptychus granulatus Benedict, 1902
• Uroptychus hamatus Khodkina, 1981
• Uroptychus hesperius Ahyong & Poore, 2004
• Uroptychus inclinis Baba, 2005
• Uroptychus indicus Alcock, 1901
• Uroptychus insignis (Henderson, 1885)
• Uroptychus intermedius (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880)
• Uroptychus jamaicensis Benedict, 1902
• Uroptychus japonicus Ortmann, 1892
• Uroptychus joloensis Van Dam, 1939
• Uroptychus kaitara Schnabel, 2009
• Uroptychus laperousazi Ahyong & Poore, 2004
• Uroptychus latirostris Yokoya, 1933
• Uroptychus latus Ahyong & Poore, 2004
• Uroptychus levicrustus Baba, 1988
• Uroptychus litosus Ahyong & Poore, 2004
• Uroptychus liui Dong, Gan & Li, 2021
• Uroptychus longicheles Ahyong & Poore, 2004
• Uroptychus longioculus Baba, 1990
• Uroptychus longior Baba, 2005
• Uroptychus longvae Ahyong & Poore, 2004
• Uroptychus magnispinatus Baba, 1977
• Uroptychus maori Borradaile, 1916
• Uroptychus marianicus Dong, Gan & Li, 2021
• Uroptychus maroccanus Türkay, 1976
• Uroptychus mauritius Baba, 2005
• Uroptychus minutus Benedict, 1902
• Uroptychus multispinosus Ahyong & Poore, 2004
• Uroptychus murrayi Tirmizi, 1964
• Uroptychus nanophyes McArdle, 1901
• Uroptychus naso Van Dam, 1933
• Uroptychus nigricapillis Alcock, 1901
• Uroptychus nitidus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880)
• Uroptychus novaezealandiae Borradaile, 1916
• Uroptychus occidentalis Faxon, 1893
• Uroptychus occultispinatus Baba, 1988
• Uroptychus onychodactylus Tirmizi, 1964
• Uroptychus orientalis Baba & Lin, 2008
• Uroptychus oxymerus Ahyong & Baba, 2004
• Uroptychus paenultimus Baba, 2005
• Uroptychus paku Schnabel, 2009
• Uroptychus paracrassior Ahyong & Poore, 2004
• Uroptychus parilis Cabezas, Lin & Chan, 2012
• Uroptychus parvulus (Henderson, 1885)
• Uroptychus patulus Ahyong & Poore, 2004
• Uroptychus pilosus Baba, 1981
• Uroptychus pinocchio Poore & Andreakis, 2011
• Uroptychus politus (Henderson, 1885)
• Uroptychus princeps Benedict, 1902
• Uroptychus pronus Baba, 2005
• Uroptychus pubescens Faxon, 1893
• Uroptychus raymondi Baba, 2000
• Uroptychus remotispinatus Baba & Tirmizi, 1979
• Uroptychus rubrovittatus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1881)
• Uroptychus rugosus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880)
• Uroptychus rutua Schnabel, 2009
• Uroptychus sagamiae Baba, 2005
• Uroptychus scambus Benedict, 1902
• Uroptychus scandens Benedict, 1902
• Uroptychus setosidigitalis Baba, 1977
• Uroptychus setosipes Baba, 1981
• Uroptychus sexspinosus Balss, 1913
• Uroptychus sibogae Van Dam, 1933
• Uroptychus simiae Kensley, 1977
• Uroptychus similis Baba, 1977
• Uroptychus singularis Baba & Lin, 2008
• Uroptychus siraji Tirmizi, 1964
• Uroptychus soyomaruae Baba, 1981
• Uroptychus spiniger Benedict, 1902
• Uroptychus spinimanus Tirmizi, 1964
• Uroptychus spinirostris (Ahyong & Poore, 2004)
• Uroptychus spinosus (A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1894)
• Uroptychus sternospinosus Tirmizi, 1964
• Uroptychus subsolanus Ahyong & Poore, 2004
• Uroptychus suluensis Van Dam, 1933
• Uroptychus thermalis Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1992
• Uroptychus toka Schnabel, 2009
• Uroptychus tomentosus Baba, 1974
• Uroptychus transparens Dong, Gan & Li, 2021
• Uroptychus triangularis Miyake & Baba, 1967
• Uroptychus tridentatus (Henderson, 1885)
• Uroptychus uncifer (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880)
• Uroptychus undecimspinosus Kensley, 1977
• Uroptychus valdiviae Balss, 1913
• Uroptychus vandamae Baba, 1988
• Uroptychus webberi Schnabel, 2009
• Uroptychus wolffi Baba, 2005
• Uroptychus xipholepis Van Dam, 1933
• Uroptychus yaldwyni Schnabel, 2009
• Uroptychus yokoyai Ahyong & Poore, 2004
• Uroptychus zeidleri Ahyong & Poore, 2004
• Uroptychus zezuensis Kim, 1972

External links

• Web site: Uroptychus Henderson, 1888 . BiotaTaiwanica . Keiki Baba . Enrique Macpherson . Chia-Wei Lin& Tin-Yam Chan . 2012-11-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304102703/http://crust.biota.biodiv.tw/pages/3066 . 2016-03-04 . dead .

Notes and References

1. Book: P. J. F. Davie . 2002 . Zoological Catalogue of Australia . 19 . Crustacea: Malocostraca: Eucarida (Part 2), Decapoda: Anomura, Brachyura . . 9780643067929 . Chirostylidae . 29–32 .
2. Michael Türkay . 2012 . Uroptychus Henderson, 1888 . 106833 . November 10, 2012.
3. Baba . Keiji . Wicksten . Mary K. . Uroptychus atlanticus, a new species of squat lobster (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Chirostylidae) from the western Atlantic Ocean . Zootaxa . 4227 . 2 . 2017 . 295–300 . 1175-5334 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4227.2.10.