• Uroptychus Henderson, J.R. 1888. Report on the Anomura collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 27: 1-221 21 pls [173] [nom. nov. for Diptychus A. Milne Edwards, 1880].
• Diptychus Milne Edwards, A. 1880. No. 1. 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. Etudes préliminaires sur les Crustacés. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 8(1): 1-68 pls 1-2 [61] [junior homonym of Diptychus Steindachner, 1866 (Pisces)].

  Type species (included species):

   Diptychus uncifer A. Milne Edwards, 1880; Diptychus rugosus A. Milne Edwards, 1880; Diptychus nitidus A. Milne Edwards, 1880; Diptychus intermedius A. Milne Edwards, 1880; Diptychus armatus A. Milne Edwards, 1880

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

Chirostylidae: Uroptychus pilosus Baba, 1981 [Uroptychus pilosus as mentioned by Ahyong & Poore (2004: 71, fig. 21) from New South Wales, is an undescribed species] — Baba, K., Macpherson, E., Poore, G.C.B., Ahyong, S.T., Bermudez, A., Cabezas, P., Lin, C-W, Nizinski, M., Rodrigues, C. & Schnabel, K.E. 2008. Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura—families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae). Zootaxa 1905: 1-220 [Date published 15 Oct. 2008] [40]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific Oceans.

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Province (17), Timor Province (2), Macquarie Island Province (24), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northwest Transition (3), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Distribution References

General References

Baba, K. 2005. Deep-sea chirostylid and galatheid crustaceans (Decapoda: Anomura) from the Indo-West Pacific, with a list of species. Galathea Report 20: 1-317 (List and key to species)

Baba, K., Macpherson, E., Poore, G.C.B., Ahyong, S.T., Bermudez, A., Cabezas, P., Lin, C-W, Nizinski, M., Rodrigues, C. & Schnabel, K.E. 2008. Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura—families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae). Zootaxa 1905: 1-220 [Date published 15 Oct. 2008] (List of species)

History of changes

• Uroptychus albus McCallum, A. & Poore, G.C.B. 2013. Chirostylidae of Australia’s western continental margin (Crustacea : Decapoda : Anomura), with the description of five new species. Zootaxa 3664(2): 149–175 [Date published 24 May 2013] [156].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV J56127 ♀, Western Australia, off Cape Leveque [14°33.43'S, 121°20.38'E– 14°32.76'S, 121°19.65'E].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• McCallum, A. & Poore, G.C.B. 2013. Chirostylidae of Australia’s western continental margin (Crustacea : Decapoda : Anomura), with the description of five new species. Zootaxa 3664(2): 149–175 [Date published 24 May 2013] [156]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Transition (26)

Distribution References

History of changes

• Uroptychus alcocki Ahyong, S.T. & Poore, G.C.B. 2004. The Chirostylidae of southern Australia (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura). Zootaxa 436: 1-88 [15, fig. 2].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM P31412 ♀, SE of Ballina, New South Wales, 137 m [29°02´S, 153°48´E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasman Sea, Formosa Strait and Japan, in 64-419 m, Solomon Islands, Chesterfield Islands, Vanuatu, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia, Norfolk Ridge and Hunter-Matthew, in 167-780 m.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Central Eastern Transition (15), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental shelf.

Extra Ecological Information

320 m depth

History of changes

• Diptychus australis Henderson, J.R. 1885. Diagnoses of the new species of Galatheidae collected during the "Challenger" Expedition. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 16(5): 407-421 [420].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1888:33 ♂ (Challenger Expedition), off Port Jackson, 750 m [34°13´S, 151°38´E].

  Subsequent designation references:

  Baba, K., Macpherson, E., Poore, G.C.B., Ahyong, S.T., Bermudez, A., Cabezas, P., Lin, C-W, Nizinski, M., Rodrigues, C. & Schnabel, K.E. 2008. Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura—families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae). Zootaxa 1905: 1-220 [Date published 15 Oct. 2008] [28].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Western Australia, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania, Makassar Strait, off Banda, in 458-1150 m; Solomon Islands, Wallis and Futuna Islands, Vanuatu, Tonga, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia, Kiribati, Hunter-Matthew, Norfolk Ridge, Lord Howe Rise, in 331-1218 m.

IMCRA

Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope.

Extra Ecological Information

Hard ground, volcanic mud, depth 458–1150 m

General References

Ahyong, S.T. & Poore, G.C.B. 2004. The Chirostylidae of southern Australia (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura). Zootaxa 436: 1-88 [18-21, fig. 3] (redescribed and figured)

History of changes

• Uroptychus babai Ahyong, S.T. & Poore, G.C.B. 2004. The Chirostylidae of southern Australia (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura). Zootaxa 436: 1-88 [22, fig. 4].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM P26782 ♂, E of Broken Bay, 905–914 m [33°31–34´S, 152°02–04´E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Western Madagascar, 880–920 m; New South Wales, 905–1152 m; Chesterfield Islands and Solomon Islands, 362–1000 m.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Province (12)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental rise, continental slope.

Extra Ecological Information

905–1152 m

History of changes

• Uroptychus bardi McCallum & Poore, 2013.

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV J63754 ♂, Western Australia, off Cape Leveque [14°33.43'S, 121°20.38'E– 14°32.76'S, 121°19.65'E].
  Paratype(s) NMV J59083 ♀, Western Australia, off Cape Leveque [14°33.43'S, 121°20.38'E– 14°32.76'S, 121°19.65'E].

  Type locality references:

  McCallum, A. & Poore, G.C.B. 2013. Chirostylidae of Australia’s western continental margin (Crustacea : Decapoda : Anomura), with the description of five new species. Zootaxa 3664(2): 149–175 [Date published 24 May 2013] [158].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• McCallum, A. & Poore, G.C.B. 2013. Chirostylidae of Australia’s western continental margin (Crustacea : Decapoda : Anomura), with the description of five new species. Zootaxa 3664(2): 149–175 [Date published 24 May 2013] [158]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Western Australia off Cape Leveque, 924-1101 m; Wallis and Futuna Islands (SW Pacific) and Vanuatu, 700-798 m.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Transition (26)

Distribution References

History of changes

• Uroptychus belos Ahyong, S.T. & Poore, G.C.B. 2004. The Chirostylidae of southern Australia (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura). Zootaxa 436: 1-88 [25, fig. 5].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM P65830 ♀ (At 419 m depth; substrate - limestone and coarse coral sand), Britannia Seamount, SE of Brisbane, Tasman Sea, 419 m [28°17.47´S, 158°37.89´E].
  Paratype(s) AM P65831 ♂ (At 419 m depth; substrate - limestone and coarse coral sand), Btitannia Seamount, SE of Brisbane, Tasman Sea [28°17.47'S, 158°37.89'E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Tasman Sea, Chesterfield Islands, New Caledonia and Norfolk Ridge; 366-560 m.

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Province (12)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope.

Extra Ecological Information

419 m

History of changes

• Uroptychus brucei Baba, K. 1986. Two new Anomuran Crustacea (Decapoda: Anomura) from North-west Australia. The Beagle. Occasional Papers of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences 3(1): 1-5 [1].

  Type data:

   Holotype NTM Cr.000604 ♂, NW Shelf, WA [17°59.4'S 118°18.4'E].
  Paratype(s) NTM Cr.000598 2♂.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Northwest Australia, Tanimbar Islands, Indonesia; 406-468 m.

IMCRA

Northwest Transition (3)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 406–458 m.

History of changes

• Uroptychus calcar Ahyong, S.T. & Poore, G.C.B. 2004. The Chirostylidae of southern Australia (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura). Zootaxa 436: 1-88 [28, fig. 6].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM P65829 ♂, E of Sydney, 380–390 m [33°42´S, 151°52´E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope.

Extra Ecological Information

202–461 m

History of changes

• Uroptychus cardus Ahyong, S.T. & Poore, G.C.B. 2004. The Chirostylidae of southern Australia (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura). Zootaxa 436: 1-88 [31, fig. 7].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV J44744 ♀, Tasmania, J1 Seamount, 82.5 km SSE of SE Cape, 1200 m [44°14.4´S, 147°21.6´E].
  Paratype(s) NMV J44743 ♀ (Depth 987 m), J1 Seamount, Tasmania, 83.8 km SSE of SE Cape [44°16.2'S, 147°19.8'E]; NMV J39633 2 ovi. ♀ (Depth: 987 m), J1 Seamount, 83.8 km SSE of SE Cape, Tasmania [44°16.2'S, 147°19.8'E].

  Type locality references:

  Ahyong, S.T. & Poore, G.C.B. 2004. The Chirostylidae of southern Australia (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura). Zootaxa 436: 1-88 [31].

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental rise.

Extra Ecological Information

987–1200 m

History of changes

• Chirostylus ciliatus Van Dam, A.J. 1933. Die decapoden der Siboga-Expedition. VIII. Galatheidea: Chirostylidae. Siboga Expéditie Monographie 39a(7): 1-46 [12].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMA De. 101.696 ♀, Kur Island, Kei Islands, Indonesia.

Generic Combinations

• Uroptychus ciliatus (Van Dam, 1933).

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Western Australia, Kei Islands and Taiwan; in 204-439 m.

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Transition (26)

Distribution References

History of changes

• Uroptychus cyrano Poore, G.C.B. & Andreakis, N. 2011. Morphological, molecular and biogeographic evidence support two new species in the Uroptychus naso complex (Crustacea: Decapoda: Chirostylidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 60(1): 152-169 [161-164].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV J60841 ♂ (206-202 m), Near Mermaid Reef, WA, Australia [17°26.1'S, 120°26.1'E].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental slope.

Extra Ecological Information

191-210 m depth

History of changes

• Uroptychus empheres Ahyong, S.T. & Poore, G.C.B. 2004. The Chirostylidae of southern Australia (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura). Zootaxa 436: 1-88 [34, fig. 8].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV J52864 ♂, “Andys” Seamount, Tasmania, 800 m [44°10.8´S, 147°00.0´E].
  Paratype(s) NMV J52863 3♂ (Depth: 800 m), "Andys" Seamount, Tasmania, 65.5 km SSE of SE Cape [44°10.8'S, 147°00.0'E].

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Tasmania; off Banda, Kai Islands, Loyalty Islands, Norfolk Ridge, Tonga and Solomon Islands; 281-890 m.

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope.

Extra Ecological Information

800 m depth

History of changes

• Uroptychus flindersi Ahyong, S.T. & Poore, G.C.B. 2004. The Chirostylidae of southern Australia (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura). Zootaxa 436: 1-88 [37, fig. 9].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA A C6071 ovig. ♀, 47 km W of Richardson Point, Tasmania, 520 m [41°14´S, 144°07´E].
  Paratype(s) NMV J23880 ♂ (Depth: 556 m), off NW Tasmania [41°32.30'S, 144°22.20'E]; SAMA C6068-6069 ♂, 2 ovig. ♀ (Depth: 500 m), 46 km W of Richardson Point, Tasmania [41°14'S, 144°07'E]; SAMA C6070 ♂ (620-714 m), 167 km E of Cape Arid, Western Australia [34°09'S, 124°55'E].

Distribution

States

Tasmania, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Southwest Transition (7)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope.

Extra Ecological Information

520–714 m

History of changes

• Diptychus gracilimanus Henderson, J.R. 1885. Diagnoses of the new species of Galatheidae collected during the "Challenger" Expedition. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 16(5): 407-421 [420].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1888:33 ovigerous ♀, off Port Jackson, NSW, 750 m [34°13´S, 151°38´E].
• Uroptychus gracilimanus bidentatus Doflein, F. & Balss, H. 1913. Die Galatheiden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898–1899 20: 125-184 pls 12-17 [135] [taxonomic status uncertain until type material examined].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Baba, K., Macpherson, E., Poore, G.C.B., Ahyong, S.T., Bermudez, A., Cabezas, P., Lin, C-W, Nizinski, M., Rodrigues, C. & Schnabel, K.E. 2008. Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura—families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae). Zootaxa 1905: 1-220 [Date published 15 Oct. 2008] [33]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Port Jackson (Australia), Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Isle of Pines, Norfolk Ridge, and Zanzibar, 421–1280 m. Records from Japan unlikely

IMCRA

Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Southwest Transition (7)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental rise, continental slope, mud bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 421–1668 m.

General References

Baba, K. 1989. Chirostylid and Galatheid Crustaceans of Madagascar (Decapoda, Anomura). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 11(A4): 921-975 [941]

History of changes

• Uroptychus hesperius Ahyong, S.T. & Poore, G.C.B. 2004. The Chirostylidae of southern Australia (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura). Zootaxa 436: 1-88 [44, fig. 11].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA C6083 ♀, off Cape Arid, Western Australia, 1011–1020 m [34°03´S, 125°31´E].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Southern Province (8)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental rise.

Extra Ecological Information

915-1020 m

General References

Poore, G.C.B. 2004. Marine Decapod Crustacea of Southern Australia. A guide to identification (with chapter on Stomatopoda by Shane Ahyong). Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 574 pp. [225, fig. 61e]

History of changes

• Uroptychus jawi McCallum, A. & Poore, G.C.B. 2013. Chirostylidae of Australia’s western continental margin (Crustacea : Decapoda : Anomura), with the description of five new species. Zootaxa 3664(2): 149–175 [Date published 24 May 2013] [162].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV J61765 ♀, Western Australia, north-western Australia, off Cape Leveque [14°33.43'S, 121°20.38'E–14°32.76'S, 121°19.65'E].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Transition (26)

Distribution References

History of changes

• Uroptychus joloensis Van Dam, A.J. 1939. Über einige Uroptychus-arten des museums zu Kopenhagen. Bidrajen tot de Dierkunde Uitgegeven door het koninklijk zoologisch genootschap "Natur Artis Magistra" de Amsterdam Vol. 27. pp. 392-407 [395-398].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMUC ♂ (37.8-56.7 m depth), Jolo Sea, Indonesia.

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Jolo Sea, Kai Islands, Timor Sea and northwestern Australia in 37.8-142 m; and under the name U. kudayagi Miyake, 1961, from Japan (eastern Sagami Bay, west coast of Kyushu, southern Kii Peninsula, Shizuoka, and Okinawa), in 20-80 m: the Philippines, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna Islands, and Fiji Islands, in 80-325 m; the southern coast of Papua New Guinea, in 25 m.

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Subtidal.

History of changes

• Uroptychus laperousazi Ahyong, S.T. & Poore, G.C.B. 2004. The Chirostylidae of southern Australia (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura). Zootaxa 436: 1-88 [47, fig. 12].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA C6084 ovig. ♀ (Depth: 999–1110 m), S of Eucla, Great Australian Bight [33°45´S, 129°17´E].
  Paratype(s) SAMA C6085 ♂ (Depth: 999-1110 m), 231 km S of Eucla, Great Australian Bight, South Australia [33°45'S, 129°17'E]; SAMA C6073 9♂, 13♀ (Depth: 984-1015 m; from black coral), 222 km S of Eucla, Great Australian Bight, South Australia [33°39'S, 129°50'E].

Distribution

States

South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Southern Province (8)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental rise.

Extra Ecological Information

984-1110 m depth

History of changes

• Uroptychus latus Ahyong, S.T. & Poore, G.C.B. 2004. The Chirostylidae of southern Australia (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura). Zootaxa 436: 1-88 [49, fig. 13].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV J17059 ovig. ♀, S of Point Hicks, Bass Strait, Victoria, 1073 m [38°22.66´S, 149°18.41´E].

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Southeast Transition (11)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental rise.

Extra Ecological Information

1073 m depth

History of changes

• Uroptychus litosus Ahyong, S.T. & Poore, G.C.B. 2004. The Chirostylidae of southern Australia (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura). Zootaxa 436: 1-88 [52, fig. 14].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV J52862 ♂, “Andys” Seamount, 65.5 km SSE of SE Cape, 800 m [44°10.8´S, 147°00.0´E].

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Southern Tasmania, Wallis and Futuna Islands and Solomon Islands; 728-1120 m.

IMCRA

Tasmanian Shelf Province (36)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, deep sea.

Extra Ecological Information

Seamount

History of changes

• Uroptychus longicheles Ahyong, S.T. & Poore, G.C.B. 2004. The Chirostylidae of southern Australia (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura). Zootaxa 436: 1-88 [55, fig. 15].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM P65826 ovig. ♀ (on Subergorgia coral), Gifford Guyot, Tasman Sea, 306 m [26°44.27´S, 159°28.93´E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Tasman Sea, and Chesterfield Islands; 290-306 m.

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, deep sea.

Extra Ecological Information

On Subergorgia coral

History of changes

• Uroptychus longvae Ahyong, S.T. & Poore, G.C.B. 2004. The Chirostylidae of southern Australia (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura). Zootaxa 436: 1-88 [58, fig. 16].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA C6064 ovig. ♀, of Cape Wiles, Great Australian Bight, 805–816 m [34°56´S, 133°20´E].

Distribution

States

South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Great Australian Bight, and New Caledonia, Norfolk Ridge; 630-1150 m.

IMCRA

Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope.

Extra Ecological Information

805 - 816 m depth

History of changes

• Uroptychus macquariae Schnabel, K.E., Burghardt, I. & Ahyong, S.T. 2017. Southern high latitude squat lobsters II: description of Uroptychus macquariae sp. nov. from Macquarie Ridge. Zootaxa 4353(2): 327–338 [330].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM P100957 (ex NIWA 40904) 1 ov. ♀, Hjort Seamount [56°14.78–14.49'S, 158°30.34–30.9'E].
  Paratype(s) NIWA 40904 1 ♀, 2 ♂♂, same as holotype.

Distribution

IMCRA

Macquarie Island Province (24)

History of changes

• Uroptychus michaeli Ahyong & Baba, 2017.

  Type data:

   Holotype AM P67832 ♀, NorthWest Shelf, 240 km NW of Port Hedland, Western Australia [18°06'S 115°45'E].
  Paratype(s) NTM Cr.000649 ♀, North West Shelf, Western Australia [17°55.5'S 118°19.5'E]; NTM Cr.000650 ♀, North West Shelf, Western Australia [18°34.3'S 117°30.0'E]; NTM Cr.000566 ♂, North West Shelf, Western Australia [18°05.8'S 118°10.0'E]; NMV J57245 ♀, Western Australia, off Port Hedland [18°34.2-34.06'S 117°27.86-28.63'E]; NMV J56129 ♀, off Dampier Peninsula, Western Australia [14°51.20-50.71'S 121°25.83-27.01'E].

  Type locality references:

  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 90(7–10): 799–806 [Date published 30 Aug 2017] [800].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Also Taiwan

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Distribution References

History of changes

• Uroptychus multispinosus Ahyong, S.T. & Poore, G.C.B. 2004. The Chirostylidae of southern Australia (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura). Zootaxa 436: 1-88 [60, fig. 17].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM P31415 ♀, E of Southport, Queensland, 318 m [27°55–58´S, 153°55´E].
  Paratype(s) AM P31413 ♂ (Depth: 364 m), NE of Tweed Heads, Qld. [28°02-05'S, 153°57'E]; AM P31414 2♀ (Depth: 364 m), NE of Tweed Heads, Qld [28°02-05'S, 153°57'E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Southern Queensland, and New Caledonia; 318-650 m.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope.

Extra Ecological Information

318 - 364 m depth

History of changes

• Uroptychus naso Van Dam, A.J. 1933. Die decapoden der Siboga-Expedition. VIII. Galatheidea: Chirostylidae. Siboga Expéditie Monographie 39a(7): 1-46 [23].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZMA De. 101.692 2♂ (304 m), Kei Is, Kur I., and Taam I., Indonesia; ZMA De. 101.667 1♂, 1♀ (fragmented) (204 m), Kei Is, Kur I., and Taam I., Indonesia.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Southern Japan, East China Sea, Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia, and northern Western Australia; 128- 440 m.

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Northwest Transition (3)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, continental slope.

Extra Ecological Information

128-440 m depth

History of changes

• Uroptychus nigricapillis Alcock, A. 1901. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Indian Deep-sea Crustacea Decapoda Macrura and Anomura in the Indian Museum. Being a revised account of the deep-sea species collected by the Royal Indian marine survey ship "Investigator". Calcutta : Indian Museum Vol. 4 286 pp. 3 pls. [283, pl. 3, fig. 3].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZSI 3443/10, Andaman Sea, 1224 m.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Indian Ocean to South China Sea

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental rise, continental slope.

Extra Ecological Information

500-2000 m

History of changes

• Uroptychus oxymerus Ahyong, S.T. & Baba, K. 2004. Chirostylidae from north-western Australia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 61(1): 57-64 [62-64, fig. 3].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV J21040 ♂, North West Shelf, between Port Hedland and Dampier, Western Australia, Australia, 184 m.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf.

History of changes

• Uroptychus paracrassior Ahyong, S.T. & Poore, G.C.B. 2004. The Chirostylidae of southern Australia (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura). Zootaxa 436: 1-88 [66, fig. 19].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM P31408 ovig. ♀ (Depth: 364 m), NE of Tweed Heads, Queensland [28°02-05´S, 153°57´E].
  Paratype(s) AM P31409 ♂ (Depth: 368 m; collected from antipatharian), NE of Tweed Heads, Queensland [28°02-06'S, 153°56'E]; AM P31410 2♂ (Depth: 368 m; collected from antipatharian), NE of Tweed Heads, Queensland [28°02-06'S, 153°56'E]; AM P31416 5♂, 4♀ (Depth: 380 m; collected form antipatharian), NE of Tweed Heads, Queensland [28°04'S, 153°56'E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf.

Extra Ecological Information

364 - 380 m depth

History of changes

• Uroptychus parisus Baba, 2018.

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHNP IU-2013-8563 ovigerous female, New Caledonia. Ha lipro 1 Stn CP877, 464-480 m [23°03’S, 166°59’E].
  Paratype(s) MNHNP IU-2014-16839 ovigerous female, collected with holotype; MNHNP IU-2014-16840 ovigerous female (plus numerous other paratypes from New Caledonia, Vanuatu and the Philippines), New Caledonia, Bathus 2 Stn CP738, 558-647 m [23°02’S, 166°56’E].

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Uroptychus scandens Benedict, 1902. —
  McCallum, A. & Poore, G.C.B. 2013. Chirostylidae of Australia’s western continental margin (Crustacea : Decapoda : Anomura), with the description of five new species. Zootaxa 3664(2): 149–175 [Date published 24 May 2013] [165] (misidentification (see Baba, 2018))

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Chesterfield Islands, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Loyalty Ridge, New Caledonia, Norfolk Ridge, Philippines; 253-647 m. Record from Western Australia as U. scandens by McCallum & Poore (2013).

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Distribution References

History of changes

• Uroptychus patulus Ahyong, S.T. & Poore, G.C.B. 2004. The Chirostylidae of southern Australia (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura). Zootaxa 436: 1-88 [69, fig. 20].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV J21045 ovig. ♀ (Depth: 1030 m), 80 km SSW of Point Hicks, Bass Strait, Victoria [38°20.91’S, 149°38.33’E].
  Paratype(s) SAMA C6065 ovig. ♀ (Depth: 955-1190 m), 76 km SSE of Southeast Cape, Tasmania [44°12.0-12.1'S, 147°20.1-20.5'E]; SAMA C6063 10♂, 9♀ (Depth: 970-1190 m), 7.3 km SSE of Southeast Cape, Tasmania [41°15.8'S, 147°05.3'E].

Distribution

States

Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental rise.

Extra Ecological Information

970-1190 m

History of changes

• Uroptychus pilosus Baba, 1981.

  Type data:

   Holotype NSMT CR6172 ♂ (Depth: 1120-1160 m), Kumanonada off east coast of Kii Peninsula, Japan [33°53.2'N, 136°5.2'E].

  Type locality references:

  Baba, K. 1981. Deep-sea galatheidean Crustacea (Decapoda, Anomura) taken by the R/V Soyo-Maru in Japanese Waters. I Family Chirostylidae. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo A 1: 111-134 [129].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Japan, Indonesia, and Australia. Depth between 987-1025 m and 1120-1600 m.

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, deep water.

History of changes

• Uroptychus raymondi Baba, K. 2000. Two new species of Chirostylids (Decapoda: Anomura: Chirostylidae) from Tasmania. Journal of Crustacean Biology 20(Spec. No. 2): 246-252 [250 fig. 3].

  Type data:

   Holotype TMH G3517 ♀, off St. Helens, Tasmania [41°25'S 148°40'E].
  Paratype(s) TMH G3517 6♂, 11♀.

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Victoria, Tasmania, and Norfolk Ridge; 644-807 m.

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope, oceanic province.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 645 m.

History of changes

• Gastoptychus spinirostris Ahyong, S.T. & Poore, G.C.B. 2004. The Chirostylidae of southern Australia (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura). Zootaxa 436: 1-88 [9, fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM P31418 ♂, NE of Tweed Heads, Queensland, 364 m [28°02–05´S, 153°57´E].

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Queensland and western Australia; New Caledonia, the Norfolk Ridge, Monts Gemini, Vanuatu and the Kai Islands (Indonesia); 315-1074 m.

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf.

History of changes

• Uroptychus subsolanus Ahyong, S.T. & Poore, G.C.B. 2004. The Chirostylidae of southern Australia (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura). Zootaxa 436: 1-88 [75, fig. 23].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV J17067 ovig. ♀ (Depth: 1073 m), S of Point Hicks, Bass Strait, Victoria [38°22.66´S, 149°18.41´E].
  Paratype(s) SAMA C6072 ♂, ♀ (Depth: 999-1110 m), 231 km S of Eucla, South Australia [33°45'S, 129°17'E].

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Southern Province (8)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental rise.

Extra Ecological Information

999–1110 m

History of changes

• Uroptychus taylorae McCallum, A. & Poore, G.C.B. 2013. Chirostylidae of Australia’s western continental margin (Crustacea : Decapoda : Anomura), with the description of five new species. Zootaxa 3664(2): 149–175 [Date published 24 May 2013] [167].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV J63755 ♀, SW Western Australia, off Bunbury [33°0.58'S, 114°34.2'E–32°59.62'S, 114°34.92'E].
  Paratype(s) NMV J55001 2♂, 3♀, SW Western Australia, off Bunbury [33°0.58'S, 114°34.2'E–32°59.62'S, 114°34.92'E]; NMV J55000 2♂, 2 juveniles, off Bunbury, Western Australia [33°0.5'S, 114°34.27'E –33°0.12'S, 114°34.5'E].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Southwest Transition (7)

Distribution References

History of changes

• Uroptychus thermalis Baba, K. & de Saint Laurent, M. 1992. Chirostylid and galatheid crustaceans (Decapoda: Anomura) from active thermal vent areas in the southwest Pacific. Scientia Marina 56: 321-332 [324, fig. 2].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP Ga 2351 ♂, North Fiji Basin, hydrothermal vent, 2000 m [16°59.50´S, 173°55.47´W].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Fiji

IMCRA

Kenn Province (17)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental rise, oceanic province.

Extra Ecological Information

1497 - 2000 m depth

History of changes

• Uroptychus tracey Ahyong, S.T., Schnabel, K.E. & Baba, K. 2015. Southern high latitude Squat Lobsters: Galatheoidea and Chirostyloidea from Macquarie Ridge with description of a new species of Uroptychus. Records of the Australian Museum 67(4): 109–128 [116].

  Type data:

   Holotype NIWA 54266 ♂, Iceberg seamount, Andes seamount complex, Chatham Rise [44°09.49–09.69'S, 174°33.30–33.14'W].
  Paratype(s) NIWA numerous specimens, Andes Seamount, Chatham Rise.

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Macquarie Ridge: AM P97841, 1 male (pcl 5.2 mm), Seamount 6 (Australian EEZ), 52°29.24–29.03'S, 160°24.90–24.55'E, 350–560 m, 09 April 2008, TAN0803/63; AM P97842, 1 male (pcl 5.7 mm), Seamount 6 (Australian EEZ), 52°23.85–23.91'S, 160°39.40–40.13'E, 451–438 m, 09 April 2008, TAN0803/69.; also Andes Sea Mount, Chatham Rise (see Ahyong et al. 2015)

History of changes

• Uroptychus vandamae Baba, K. 1988. Chirostylid and galatheid crustaceans (Decapoda: Anomura) of the "Albatross" Philippine Expedition, 1907–1910. Researches on Crustacea Spec. No. 2: i-v, 1-203 [49].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 150316 ♂, Moluccas off W coast of Halmahera, Inndonesia [0°21'30"N, 127°16'45"E].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• McCallum, A. & Poore, G.C.B. 2013. Chirostylidae of Australia’s western continental margin (Crustacea : Decapoda : Anomura), with the description of five new species. Zootaxa 3664(2): 149–175 [Date published 24 May 2013] [169]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Molucca Sea off west coast of Halmahera, Timor Sea, off Roti, Makassar Strait and Western Australia, in 463-1289 m, Kai Islands and Solomon Islands, in 605-945 m.

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Transition (26)

Distribution References

History of changes

• Uroptychus worrorra McCallum & Poore, 2013.

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV J61766 ♀, off the Kimberley plateau, Western Australia [13°15.9'S, 123°22.45'E–13°16.35'S, 123°21.4'E].
  Paratype(s) NMV J56119 2♂, 2♀, off the Kimberley plateau, Western Australia [13°15.9'S, 123°22.45'E–13°16.35'S, 123°21.4'E].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• McCallum, A. & Poore, G.C.B. 2013. Chirostylidae of Australia’s western continental margin (Crustacea : Decapoda : Anomura), with the description of five new species. Zootaxa 3664(2): 149–175 [Date published 24 May 2013] [169]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Transition (26)

Distribution References

History of changes

• Uroptychus yokoyai Ahyong, S.T. & Poore, G.C.B. 2004. The Chirostylidae of southern Australia (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura). Zootaxa 436: 1-88 [79, fig. 25].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM P65827 ♂ (Depth: 306 m; on Subergorgia coral), Gifford Guyot, E of Brisbane, Tasman Sea [26°44.27´S, 159°28.93´E].
  Paratype(s) AM P65828 2 ovig. ♀ (Depth: 295 m), Gifford Guyot, E of Brisbane, Tasman Sea [26°43.39'S, 159°28.54'E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Tasman Sea, in 295-306 m; the Philippines, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, south of the Chesterfield Islands, Norfolk Ridge, the Hunter-Matthew Islands, and Tonga, in 105-573 m.

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, oceanic province.

Extra Ecological Information

On Subergorgia corals at 295 - 306 m depth

History of changes

• Uroptychus zeidleri Ahyong, S.T. & Poore, G.C.B. 2004. The Chirostylidae of southern Australia (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura). Zootaxa 436: 1-88 [82, fig. 26].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA C6066 ovig. ♀ (Depth: 520 m), W of Richardson Point, Tasmania [41°15´S, 144°08´E].
  Paratype(s) SAMA 6082 ♀ (Depth: 520 m), 46 km W of Richardson Point, Tasmania [41°15'S, 144°08'E].

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

West Tasmania Transition (9)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope.

Extra Ecological Information

520 m depth

History of changes