Decanet taxon details
Uroptychus alophus Baba, 2018
1298882 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1298882)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Baba, K. (2018). Chirostylidae of the Western and Central Pacific: <i>Uroptychus</i> and a new genus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura). In: Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 30. <em>Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris.</em> 1-612. [details] Available for editors 
Type locality contained in New Caledonian Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in New Caledonian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search
Etymology From the Greek lophos (ridge) with suffix a-, meaning without ridge, referring to the absence of sharp transverse ridge on...
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search [details]
Etymology From the Greek lophos (ridge) with suffix a-, meaning without ridge, referring to the absence of sharp transverse ridge on...
Etymology From the Greek lophos (ridge) with suffix a-, meaning without ridge, referring to the absence of sharp transverse ridge on the first abdominal tergite by which the species is readily distinguished from the related species, U.longior Baba, 2005. [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Uroptychus alophus Baba, 2018. Accessed at: https://decanet.info/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1298882 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Baba, K. (2018). Chirostylidae of the Western and Central Pacific: <i>Uroptychus</i> and a new genus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura). In: Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 30. <em>Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris.</em> 1-612. [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Baba, K. (2018). Chirostylidae of the Western and Central Pacific: <i>Uroptychus</i> and a new genus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura). In: Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 30. <em>Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris.</em> 1-612. [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Baba, K. (2018). Chirostylidae of the Western and Central Pacific: <i>Uroptychus</i> and a new genus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura). In: Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 30. <em>Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris.</em> 1-612. [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search [details]Etymology From the Greek lophos (ridge) with suffix a-, meaning without ridge, referring to the absence of sharp transverse ridge on the first abdominal tergite by which the species is readily distinguished from the related species, U.longior Baba, 2005. [details]