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DecaNet (World List of Decapoda)

WoRMS taxon details

Uroptychus megistos Baba, 2018

1298930  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1298930)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Malacostraca (Class)
  7. Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
  8. Eucarida (Superorder)
  9. Decapoda (Order)
  10. Pleocyemata (Suborder)
  11. Anomura (Infraorder)
  12. Chirostyloidea (Superfamily)
  13. Chirostylidae (Family)
  14. Uroptychus (Genus)
  15. Uroptychus megistos (Species)
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  PDF available [request]
Holotype  MNHN MNHN-IU-2014-16726, geounit Vanuatu...  
Holotype MNHN MNHN-IU-2014-16726, geounit Vanuatu Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Etymology From the Greek megistos (largest, greatest), alluding to the ultimate of the flexor marginal spines of P2-4 dactyli, that...  
Etymology From the Greek megistos (largest, greatest), alluding to the ultimate of the flexor marginal spines of P2-4 dactyli, that is the largest among the others, by which the species is distinguished from U. duplex n. sp. and U. zigzag. [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Uroptychus megistos Baba, 2018. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1298930 on 2025-04-03
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2018-09-25 06:33:41Z
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Macpherson, Enrique

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Nomenclature

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  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype MNHN MNHN-IU-2014-16726, geounit Vanuatu Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype MNHN MNHN-IU-2014-16727, geounit Vanuatu Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype MNHN MNHN-IU-2014-16728, geounit Solomon Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology From the Greek megistos (largest, greatest), alluding to the ultimate of the flexor marginal spines of P2-4 dactyli, that is the largest among the others, by which the species is distinguished from U. duplex n. sp. and U. zigzag. [details]
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