CHIROSTYLIDAE ORTMANN, 1892

Martin, Joel W. & Haney, Todd A., 2005, Decapod crustaceans from hydrothermal vents and cold seeps: a review through 2005, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 145 (4), pp. 445-522 : 481

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scientific name	CHIROSTYLIDAE ORTMANN, 1892
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FAMILY CHIROSTYLIDAE ORTMANN, 1892

Remarks: Chirostylids, morphologically similar to galatheids but usually more delicate, are typically found associated with gorgonian corals in deep reef areas. To date, three species of Uroptychus have been described from vents in the North Fiji Basin. Additionally, one species of the genus Eumunida is known from cold seeps in the northern Gulf of Mexico.

References

Ortmann AE. 1892. Die Decapoden-Krebse des Strassburger Museums, mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der von Herrn Dr. Dodelein bei Japan und bei den Liu-Kiu-Inseln gesammelten und z. Z. im Strassburger Museum aufbewahrten Formen. IV. Die Abtheilungen Galatheidea und Paguridea. Zoologischen Jahrbuchern, Abteilung fur Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tierre 6: 241 - 326, plates 11, 12.