Uroptychus hippothoe Baba, Corbari & Macpherson, 2024

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
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16994965
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EC87CC-E12E-D614-EECE-FBF3FC91BB8F
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Uroptychus hippothoe Baba, Corbari & Macpherson, 2024
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Material examined

SOUTHWESTERN INDIAN OCEAN – Saya de Malha Bank • 1 ov. ♀ (3.0 mm); SAYA stn DW5424; 11°28′ S, 62°01′ E; 150–171 m depth; 12 Nov. 2022; MNHN-IU-2021-5793 GoogleMaps .

Distribution

Only known from the Mozambique Channel, at 450 m. The Saya de Malha specimen is the second occurrence of the species, at depths of 150– 171 m.