Uroptychus australis ( Henderson, 1885 )

Baba, Keiji, Macpherson, Enrique, Poore, Gary C. B., Ahyong, Shane T., Bermudez, Adriana, Cabezas, Patricia, Lin, Chia-Wei, Nizinski, Martha, Rodrigues, Celso & Schnabel, Kareen E., 2008, Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura-families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae), Zootaxa 1905 (1), pp. 1-220 : 28

Uroptychus australis ( Henderson, 1885)

Diptychus australis Henderson, 1885: 420 (off Port Jackson, N of the Kermadec Islands, off Banda Island, 750–1098 m) (after Baba (2005) the type material includes 3 different species).

Uroptychus australis . — Henderson, 1888: 179, pl. 21, figs 4, 4a–4c (off Kermadec Islands, Port Jackson, and off Banda, 659–1098 m). — Thomson, 1899: 197 (list). — Ahyong & Poore, 2004a: 18 , fig. 3 (New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania, 458–1150 m). — Poore, 2004: 224, fig. 60 (compilation). — Baba, 2005: 224 (synonymies, key). — Poore et al., 2008: 17 (SW Australia, 658–988 m).

According to Baba (2005) the specimens from “Challenger” stn 164 (Port Jackson) and part of the material from stn 194 (off Banda) agree well with the species account by Ahyong & Poore (2004a). The lectotype is now assigned to the male from “Challenger” stn 164.

Type data: lectotype, male, BMNH 1888 :33 (herein designated) .

Type locality: Port Jackson , 34º13´S, 151º38´E, 750 m.