Uroptychus joloensis Van Dam, 1939

Mccallum, Anna W. & Poore, Gary C. B., 2013, Chirostylidae of Australia’s western continental margin (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura), with the description of five new species, Zootaxa 3664 (2), pp. 149-175 : 164

Uroptychus joloensis Van Dam, 1939

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Uroptychus joloensis Van Dam, 1939: 395 , figs 2, 2a, 2b, 2c. Uroptychus kudayagi Miyake, 1961: 237 , figs 1, 2.

Material examined. Two males (cl 4.0, 3.6 mm), Timor Sea (14°33.73'S, 122°55.1'E – 14°33.68'S, 122°54.9'E), 95–105 m, 5 Jul 2007 (stn SS05/2007 161), CSIRO acquisition number 0 29, NMV J56120 ; 1 ovigerous female (cl 5.5 mm), Western Australia, off Broome (16°45.15'S, 121°2.8'E – 16°44.6'S, 121°2.2'E), 100–108 m, 30 Jun 2007 (stn SS05/2007 116), CSIRO acquisition number 0 0 8, NMV J57247 ; 2 males (cl 4.3, 3.6 mm), Western Australia, off Eighty Mile Beach (18°27.61'S, 120°8.68'E – 18°27.72'S, 120°8.68'E), 80–81 m, 19 Jun 2007 (stn SS05/2007 082), CSIRO acquisition number 170, NMV J56130 .

Colour. Body and appendages white with orange-red in orbits and peduncles of eyes.

Distribution. Jolo, Indonesia and north-western Australia, 37– 142 m.

Remarks. The new material agrees with specimens previously reported from NW Australia (Ahyong & Baba, 2004).

Figures

FIGURE 12. A, Uroptychus spinirostris (Ahyong and Poore, 2004), NMV J 61768. B, Uroptychus ciliatus (Van Dam, 1933), NMV J 55998. C, Uroptychus flindersi Ahyong & Poore, 2004, NMV J 54995. D, Uroptychus joloensis Van Dam, 1939, NMV J 57247. E, Uropychus nigricapillis Alcock, 1901, NMV J 57245. F, Uroptychus scandens Bendedict, 1902, NMV J 57249. G, Uroptychus taylorae sp. nov. NMV J 55000. H, Uroptychus vandamae Baba, 1988, NMV J 57248. I, Uroptychus worrorra sp. nov., NMV J 56119.