Uroptychus anatonus

Uroptychus anatonus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Eumunididae
Genus: Uroptychus
Species: U. anatonus
Binomial name
Uroptychus anatonus
Baba & Lin, 2008

Uroptychus anatonus is a species of chirostylid squat lobster first found in Taiwan. U. anatonus and U. anacaena are similar but can be distinguished from each other by the shape of their 4th sternite and the length of their antennal scale. Both species resemble U. maori and U. brucei, but lack a ventral subterminal spine on their first pereopod's ischium.[1]

References

  1. Baba, Keiji, and Chia-Wei Lin. "Five new species of chirostylid crustaceans (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Chirostylidae) from Taiwan." Zootaxa 1919 (2008): 1-24.

Further Reading



This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 8/10/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.