Decanet taxon details
Uroptychus paraplesius Baba, 2018
1298940 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1298940)
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 Kei Islands
type locality contained in Kei Islands [details]
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search
Etymology From the Greek paraplesios (somewhat similar), alluding to the morphological characteristics of the species, which are...
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search [details]
Etymology From the Greek paraplesios (somewhat similar), alluding to the morphological characteristics of the species, which are...
Etymology From the Greek paraplesios (somewhat similar), alluding to the morphological characteristics of the species, which are somewhat similar to those of U. trispinatus n. sp. described in this paper. [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Uroptychus paraplesius Baba, 2018. Accessed at: https://decanet.info/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1298940 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
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 paraplesios (somewhat similar), alluding to the morphological characteristics of the species, which are somewhat similar to those of U. trispinatus n. sp. described in this paper. [details]