Decanet taxon details
Uroptychus spinosior Baba, 2018
1298964 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1298964)
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 Wallis and Futuna Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Wallis and Futuna Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Depth range 220-550 m
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search
Etymology From the latin spinosior (more thorny), alluding to more spinose lateral margins of the carapace, a character to separate...
Depth range 220-550 m [details]
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search [details]
Etymology From the latin spinosior (more thorny), alluding to more spinose lateral margins of the carapace, a character to separate...
Etymology From the latin spinosior (more thorny), alluding to more spinose lateral margins of the carapace, a character to separate the species from the close relatives U. tridentatus (Henderson, 1885) and U. oxymerus Ahyong & Baba, 2004. [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Uroptychus spinosior Baba, 2018. Accessed at: https://decanet.info/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1298964 on 2025-05-19
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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 220-550 m [details]Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search [details]
Etymology From the latin spinosior (more thorny), alluding to more spinose lateral margins of the carapace, a character to separate the species from the close relatives U. tridentatus (Henderson, 1885) and U. oxymerus Ahyong & Baba, 2004. [details]
