Uroptychus flindersi Ahyong & Poore, 2004

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 : 161

Uroptychus flindersi Ahyong & Poore, 2004

( Fig. 12 C)

Uroptychus flindersi Ahyong & Poore, 2004: 37 , fig. 9.—Poore et al., 2008: 17.

Material examined. Two males (cl 9.4, 8.7 mm), Western Australia, off Bald Island (35°12.82'S, 118°39.06'E – 35°12.23'S, 118°40.13'E), 408–431 m, 24 Nov 2005 (stn SS10-2005 034), CSIRO acquisition number 0 23, NMV J54995 .

Colour. Pale pink with fine speckled orange dots. Red intestinal tract observable through carapace.

Distribution. Tasmania and south-western Australia, 408– 714 m.

Remarks. This is the second record of the species in south-western Australia (Ahyong & Poore 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.