Uroptychus atlanticus, a new species of squat lobster (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Chirostylidae) from the western Atlantic Ocean. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • A new species of squat lobster, Uroptychus atlanticus, is described on the basis of a female specimen taken at a depth of 713-841 m in the southeastern Gulf of Mexico. The new species is readily distinguished from all known species of the genus from the western Atlantic by the very spinose carapace and pereopods, and a transverse row of spines on each of the abdominal tergites 1 and 2.

published proceedings

  • Zootaxa

altmetric score

  • 3

author list (cited authors)

  • Baba, K., & Wicksten, M. K.

citation count

  • 0

complete list of authors

  • Baba, Keiji||Wicksten, Mary K

publication date

  • January 2017