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Issue: Vol. 5476 No. 1: 4 Jul. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-07-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5476.1.10
Page range: 82-88
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A new species of Uroptychus Henderson, 1888 (Decapoda: Anomura: Chirostylidae) from a seamount in the South China Sea

Department of Marine Organism Taxonomy & Phylogeny; Qingdao Key Laboratory of Marine Biodiversity and Conservation; Institute of Oceanology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Qingdao 266071; China.; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing; China.
Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai); Zhuhai 519082; China; Key Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem Dynamics; Second Institute of Oceanography; Ministry of Natural Resources; Hangzhou; China.
Department of Marine Organism Taxonomy & Phylogeny; Qingdao Key Laboratory of Marine Biodiversity and Conservation; Institute of Oceanology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Qingdao 266071; China.; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing; China.Laoshan Lab; Qingdao 266237; China
Crustacea squat lobster Chirostyloidea taxonomy Zhongnan Seamount

Abstract

A new species of the chirostylid squat lobster, Uroptychus ngae sp. nov. is described based on two specimens from the Zhongnan Seamount, north-central South China Sea. The new species can be distinguished from closely related species mainly by the shape of P2–4 propodi, and the spination of the P1 carpus and merus, the anterior branchial margin and the pterygostomial flap. The present paper is the first report of squat lobster from the seamounts in South China Sea. The present new species represents the first report of a squat lobster from the deep-sea seamounts in the South China Sea.

 

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