Species Uroptychus hesperius Ahyong & Poore, 2004

Museums

Regional Maps

• 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.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
24-Apr-2012		24-Apr-2012	MODIFIED
		08-May-2010	ADDED