Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Eucarida > Order Decapoda > Suborder Pleocyemata > Infraorder Anomura > Superfamily Chirostyloidea > Family Chirostylidae > Genus Uroptychus

Uroptychus maroccanus Türkay, 1976

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Uroptychus*	Henderson, 1888	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Türkay, M. (1976) Decapoda Reptantia von der portugiesischen und marokkanischen Küste Auswertung der Fahrten 8,9c (1967), 19 (1970), 23 (1971) und 36 (1975) von F.S. Meteor. “Meteor” Forschungs-Ergebnisse, Reihe D, 23, 23-44, figs 1-35.
basis of record	Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284-292
additional source	Baba K., Macpherson E., Poore G., Ahyong S., Bermudez A., Cabezas P., Lin C., Nizinski M., Rodrigues C. & Schnabel K. 2008. Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura—families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae). (Zootaxa 1905). 220 pp.; 30 cm.

Genbank

Taxonomy

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Citation

WoRMS (2014). Uroptychus maroccanus Türkay, 1976. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107143