Uroptychus nigricapillis Alcock, 1901

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 : 165

Uroptychus nigricapillis Alcock, 1901

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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).

Figures

FIGURE 12. A, Uroptychus spinirostris (Ahyong and Poore, 2004), NMV J 61768. B, Uroptychus ciliatus (Van Dam, 1933), NMV J 55998. C, Uroptychus flindersi Ahyong & Poore, 2004, NMV J 54995. D, Uroptychus joloensis Van Dam, 1939, NMV J 57247. E, Uropychus nigricapillis Alcock, 1901, NMV J 57245. F, Uroptychus scandens Bendedict, 1902, NMV J 57249. G, Uroptychus taylorae sp. nov. NMV J 55000. H, Uroptychus vandamae Baba, 1988, NMV J 57248. I, Uroptychus worrorra sp. nov., NMV J 56119.