Uroptychus nigricapillis Alcock, 1901

Macpherson, Enrique & Machordom, Annie, 2025, Squat lobsters (Decapoda: Chirostyloidea and Galatheoidea) from Saya de Malha Bank, SW Indian Ocean, with the descriptions of three new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 1012, pp. 27-48 : 29

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.1012.3031

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:32FF1B4A-61F2-4ECF-A080-195F224E309B

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EC87CC-E12E-D614-ED46-FA5BFAF4B902

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scientific name

Uroptychus nigricapillis Alcock, 1901
status

 

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Material examined

SOUTHWESTERN INDIAN OCEAN – Saya de Malha Bank 3 ♂♂ (5.1–8.1 mm); SAYA stn CP5412; 09°45′ S, 60°48′ E; 1396–1441 m depth; 7 Nov. 2022; MNHN-IU-2021-5776, MNHN-IU-2021-5777 GoogleMaps .

Distribution

Widely distributed in the Indian Ocean, from Madagascar to South Arabian coast, Maldives, and Andaman Sea, and western Pacific, from Japan to New Zealand (see Baba et al. 2024), between 396 and 1395 m. The present material was collected slightly deeper than previous records, at 1396–1441 m.

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