Decanet taxon details
Uroptychus dualis Baba, 2018
1298906 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1298906)
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]
Etymology From the latin dualis (of two) in reference to two strong ventromesial spines on the P1 merus by which the species can be...
Etymology From the latin dualis (of two) in reference to two strong ventromesial spines on the P1 merus by which the species can be separated from U. floccus, U. quinarius, and U. lumarius, the latter three species bearing three or four spines. [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Uroptychus dualis Baba, 2018. Accessed at: https://decanet.info/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1298906 on 2025-09-12
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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
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Etymology From the latin dualis (of two) in reference to two strong ventromesial spines on the P1 merus by which the species can be separated from U. floccus, U. quinarius, and U. lumarius, the latter three species bearing three or four spines. [details]