Chirostylidae of Australia’s western continental margin (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura), with the description of five new species
Author
Mccallum, Anna W.
Author
Poore, Gary C. B.
text
Zootaxa
2013
3664
2
149
175
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3664.2.3
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1175-5326
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Uroptychus vandamae
Baba, 1988
(
Fig. 12
H)
Uroptychus gracilimanus
.—Doflein & Balss, 1913: 134 (part) (not
U. gracilimanus
(Henderson, 1885))
.
Uroptychus vandamae
Baba, 1988: 49
, fig. 21.
Material examined.
One male (cl.
10.6 mm
), 2 ovigerous females (cl 10.9–
8.6 mm
) Timor Sea (
14°36.88'S
,
121°19.65'E
–
14°36.25'S
,
121°20.73'E
),
698–705 m
,
3 Jul 2007
(stn SS05/2007 147), CSIRO acquisition number 0 63, NMV
J56124
.
1
male (cl
10 mm
) (
16°44.28'S
,
119°15.03'E
–
16°43.8'S
,
119°15.48'E
),
693–698 m
,
17 Jun 2007
(stn SS05/2007 70), CSIRO acquisition number 0 38, NMV
J57248
.
Colour.
Pale pink with fine speckled orange dots. Red intestinal tract observable through carapace.
Distribution.
Madagascar
, Macassar Strait, Molucca Sea, north-western
Australia
,
450–1200 m
.
Remarks.
This material agrees with the original description of material from the Molucca Sea,
Indonesia
(Baba, 1988). This is the first record of this species for
Australia
.