Species Uroptychus australis (Henderson, 1885)
- 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
New Zealand, Indonesia.
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
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