Panulirus laevicauda, author: Collection VLIZ
Palaemon serratus: specimen very clear, author: Pillon, Roberto
Caridina mariae
Portunus xantusii at Ventura, CA, author: Clabuesch, Cecilia

DecaNet (World List of Decapoda)

WoRMS taxon details

Uroptychus lacunatus Baba, 2018

1298921  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1298921)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Malacostraca (Class)
  7. Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
  8. Eucarida (Superorder)
  9. Decapoda (Order)
  10. Pleocyemata (Suborder)
  11. Anomura (Infraorder)
  12. Chirostyloidea (Superfamily)
  13. Chirostylidae (Family)
  14. Uroptychus (Genus)
  15. Uroptychus lacunatus (Species)
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 [request]
Holotype  MNHN MNHN-IU-2014-16609, geounit Vanuatu...  
Holotype MNHN MNHN-IU-2014-16609, geounit Vanuatu Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Etymology From the latin lacunatus (hollowed out), alluding to a deeply excavated anterior margin of the sternal plastron that...  
Etymology From the latin lacunatus (hollowed out), alluding to a deeply excavated anterior margin of the sternal plastron that separates the species from U. minor n. sp. [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Uroptychus lacunatus Baba, 2018. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1298921 on 2025-04-26
Date
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2018-09-25 06:33:41Z
created
Macpherson, Enrique

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Nomenclature

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 [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype MNHN MNHN-IU-2014-16609, geounit Vanuatu Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype MNHN MNHN-IU-2014-16610, geounit Vanuatu Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology From the latin lacunatus (hollowed out), alluding to a deeply excavated anterior margin of the sternal plastron that separates the species from U. minor n. sp. [details]
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