Uroptychus nigricapillis Alcock, 1901

(Fig. 12 E)

Uroptychus nigricapillis Alcock, 1901: 283, pl. 3, fig. 3.

Material examined. Female (cl 8.6 mm), Western Australia, off Port Hedland (18°34.2'S, 117°27.86'E – 18°34.06'S, 117°28.63'E), 405– 401 m, 14 Jun 2007 (stn SS05/2007 052), CSIRO acquisition number 0 43, NMV J57245; 1 ovigerous female (cl 9.1mm), off Dampier Peninsula (14°51.2'S, 121°25.83'E – 14°50.71'S, 121°27.01'E), 396–403 m, 2 Jul 2007 (stn SS05/2007 144), CSIRO acquisition number 0 52, NMV J56129.

Colour. Pereopods orange and speckled. Body pale with red intestinal tract observable through carapace.

Distribution. Western Indian Ocean, Andaman Sea, Indonesia, the Philippines and north-western Australia, 66–2000 m.

Remarks. The new material agrees with that previously reported from north-western Australia (Ahyong & Baba 2004).