| Uroptychus singularis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Chirostylidae |
| Genus: | Uroptychus |
| Species: | U. singularis |
| Binomial name | |
| Uroptychus singularis Baba & Lin, 2008 | |
Uroptychus singularis is a species of chirostylid squat lobster first found in Taiwan. This species is distinguished from U. australis by its single, unpaired terminal spine on its flexor margin of pereopods 2–4.[1]
References
- ↑ 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
- Baba, Keiji, et al. "Eumunida Smith, 1883."
- Baeza, J. Antonio. "8 Squat lobsters as symbionts and in chemo-autotrophic environments." The Biology of Squat Lobsters 20 (2011): 249.
- Osawa, Masayuki, Chia-Wei Lin, and Tin-Yam Chan. "Additional records of Chirostylus and Munidopsis (Crustacea: Decapoda: Galatheoidea) from Taiwan." The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement 19 (2008): 91-98.
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