Decanet taxon details
Uroptychus nitidus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880)
148418 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148418)
accepted
Species
Diptychus nitidus A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 · unaccepted > superseded combination
- Subspecies Uroptychus nitidus concolor (A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1894) accepted as Uroptychus concolor (A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1894) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subspecies Uroptychus nitidus occidentalis Faxon, 1893 accepted as Uroptychus occidentalis Faxon, 1893 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Variety Uroptychus nitidus var. concolor (A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1894) accepted as Uroptychus concolor (A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1894) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Diptychus nitidus A. Milne-Edwards, 1880) Milne-Edwards, A. (1880). Reports on the results of dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea,1877, '78, '79, by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N. commanding VIII. Études préliminaires sur les Crustacés. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 8(2): 1-68, pls. 1-2. [details] 
Type locality contained in Martinican Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Martinican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Depth range Deep (more than 100 m)
Depth range Deep (more than 100 m) [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Uroptychus nitidus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880). Accessed at: https://www.decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148418 on 2025-09-12
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(of Diptychus nitidus A. Milne-Edwards, 1880) Milne-Edwards, A. (1880). Reports on the results of dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea,1877, '78, '79, by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N. commanding VIII. Études préliminaires sur les Crustacés. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 8(2): 1-68, pls. 1-2. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Baba, K.; Macpherson, E.; Poore, G.; Ahyong, S.; Bermudez, A.; Cabezas, P.; Lin, C.-W.; Nizinski, M.; Rodrigues, C.; Schnabel, K. (2008). Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura - families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1905: 1-220. [details] Available for editors
additional source Felder, D. L., Álvarez. F.,Goy, J.W. & Lemaitre, R. (2009). Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with comments on the Amphionidacea,. <em>Felder, D.L., and Camp, D.K. (eds), Gulf of Mexico - Origins, Waters, and Biota. Vol. 1. Biodiversity.</em> Pp. 1019–1104 (Texas A&M University Press: College Station, Texas)., available online at http://biogomx.net/sites/default/files/pdfs/chapters/59-Felder%20et%20al%202009-Decapoda%20of%20the%20GoMx.pdf [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Baba, K.; Macpherson, E.; Poore, G.; Ahyong, S.; Bermudez, A.; Cabezas, P.; Lin, C.-W.; Nizinski, M.; Rodrigues, C.; Schnabel, K. (2008). Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura - families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1905: 1-220. [details] Available for editors
additional source Felder, D. L., Álvarez. F.,Goy, J.W. & Lemaitre, R. (2009). Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with comments on the Amphionidacea,. <em>Felder, D.L., and Camp, D.K. (eds), Gulf of Mexico - Origins, Waters, and Biota. Vol. 1. Biodiversity.</em> Pp. 1019–1104 (Texas A&M University Press: College Station, Texas)., available online at http://biogomx.net/sites/default/files/pdfs/chapters/59-Felder%20et%20al%202009-Decapoda%20of%20the%20GoMx.pdf [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Association Associated with corals (obligate) [details]Depth range Deep (more than 100 m) [details]
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications)
To CRUSTA
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Uroptychus nitidus)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (27 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (3 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications)
To CRUSTA
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Uroptychus nitidus)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (27 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (3 records)
To ITIS