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DecaNet (World List of Decapoda)

Decanet taxon details

Uroptychus tafeanus Baba, 2018

1298969  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1298969)

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
Type locality contained in Vanuatu Exclusive Economic Zone  
type locality contained in Vanuatu Exclusive Economic Zone [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 Tafea, one of the six provinces of Vanuatu from which the species was found, and the latin suffix anus (belonging to).  
Etymology From Tafea, one of the six provinces of Vanuatu from which the species was found, and the latin suffix anus (belonging to). [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Uroptychus tafeanus Baba, 2018. Accessed at: https://decanet.info/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1298969 on 2025-09-11
Date
action
by
2018-09-25 06:33:41Z
created
Macpherson, Enrique

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

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  PDF available
 
 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 Tafea, one of the six provinces of Vanuatu from which the species was found, and the latin suffix anus (belonging to). [details]