Western Australian material of this species was originally mis-identified as Uroptychus nigricapillis.
Identifiers:
MoV
5565
WoRMS
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:392102
Name status: accepted
Checked on: 2016-05-11
View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS)
(report and map of occurrences)
Ahyong, S.T., Baba, K., 2004. Chirostylidae from north-western Australia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura)., Memoirs of Museum Victoria, Vol. 61(1): 57-64.
Scientific Name verified against:
Ahyong, S.T., Baba, K., 2017. Uroptychus michaeli (Decapoda, Chirostylidae), a new species of deep-water squat lobster from north-western Australia and Taiwan., Crustaceana, Vol. 90(7-10): 799-806. . doi:10.1163/15685403-00003617 doi:10.1163/15685403-00003617