Uroptychodes

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 : 152

Key to Australian species of Uroptychodes

1. Pereopods thickly covered with long, fine setae obscuring spines on legs................ U. mortenseni (Van Dam, 1939)

- Pereopods with moderate to sparse setae.................................................................. 2

2. Lateral spines on branchial margin of carapace slender (basal width of largest spine distinctly less than half length). Antennal scale short, reaching almost to midlength of ultimate peduncle article................ U. nowra (Ahyong & Poore, 2004)

- Lateral spines on branchial margin of carapace very broad (basal width of largest spine two-thirds length). Antennal scale reaching distal end of ultimate peduncle article..................................... U. grandirostris (Yokoya, 1933)