The Chirostylidae of southern Australia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura)
Author
Ahyong, Shane T.
Author
Poore, Gary C. B.
text
Zootaxa
2004
2004-02-18
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https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.436.1.1
journal article
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Uroptychus
Henderson, 1888
Diptychus
Milne Edwards, 1880: 61
[junior homonym of
Diptychus
Steindacher, 1866 (Pisces)
].
Uroptychus
Henderson, 1888: 173
[replacement name for
Diptychus
A.
Milne Edwards, 1880
].
Remarks.
More than 70 species of
Uroptychus
are presently known from the IndoWest Pacific, of which only four have been reported from
Australia
:
U. brucei
Baba, 1986
, from northwestern
Australia
,
U. raymondi
Baba, 2000
, from
Tasmania
, and two species described from off Port Jackson,
U. australis
(
Henderson, 1885
)
and
U. gracilimanus
(
Henderson, 1885
)
. Twentyfive species are reported herein, of which 20 are also new to science, and two are new Australian records. Under the account of
U. yokoyai
n. sp.
,
Uroptychus latirostris
Yokoya, 1933
, described from
Japan
, is removed from synonymy of
U. cavirostris
Alcock, 1899
, described from the Andaman Sea. Other than
U. brucei
from the Northwest Shelf, all known Australian species of
Uroptychus
are present off southern
Australia
. Therefore, all species reported herein are illustrated and described or diagnosed. A key to all known Australian species is provided.