Decanet taxon details
Uroptychus lacunatus Baba, 2018
1298921 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1298921)
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 Vanuatu Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Vanuatu Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Etymology From the latin lacunatus (hollowed out), alluding to a deeply excavated anterior margin of the sternal plastron that...
Etymology From the latin lacunatus (hollowed out), alluding to a deeply excavated anterior margin of the sternal plastron that separates the species from U. minor n. sp. [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Uroptychus lacunatus Baba, 2018. Accessed at: https://decanet.info/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1298921 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 lacunatus (hollowed out), alluding to a deeply excavated anterior margin of the sternal plastron that separates the species from U. minor n. sp. [details]