Decanet taxon details
Uroptychus vegrandis Baba, 2018
1298974 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1298974)
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 Solomon Islands Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Solomon Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search
Etymology From the latin vegrandis (not large), alluding to the anteriormost branchial marginal spine smaller than the anterolateral...
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search [details]
Etymology From the latin vegrandis (not large), alluding to the anteriormost branchial marginal spine smaller than the anterolateral...
Etymology From the latin vegrandis (not large), alluding to the anteriormost branchial marginal spine smaller than the anterolateral spine, a character to separate the species from the nearest congener U. karubar n. sp. [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Uroptychus vegrandis Baba, 2018. Accessed at: https://decanet.info/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1298974 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 latin vegrandis (not large), alluding to the anteriormost branchial marginal spine smaller than the anterolateral spine, a character to separate the species from the nearest congener U. karubar n. sp. [details]