Uroptychus singularis

Uroptychus singularis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
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.

References

  1. ↑ Baba, Keiji, and Chia-Wei Lin. "Five new species of chirostylid crustaceans (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Chirostylidae) from Taiwan." Zootaxa 1919 (2008): 1-24.

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