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Decapoda - Anomura - Chirostylidae - Uroptychus

Uroptychus armatus (A. Milne Edwards, 1880)

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World Distribution
Baba et al. (2008) - Lesser Antilles, ICA (Carriacou - Grenadines). - Abele & Kim (1986) - Carriacou (Venezuela - sic) and Florida (from pers. com. McLaughlin).

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Associated with corals (obligate)

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 298-298 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: ICA (Grenada). 298 m. ?WA
Diptychus armatus A. Milne Edwards, 1880a: 63, Grenada (Carriacou) [R/V Blake, st. 241, 163 brasses, 298 m]. - A. Milne Edwards & Bouvier, 1897a: 132, pl. 11, fig. 3, pl. 12, figs 8–9, Grenada (Carriacou) [R/V Blake, 298 m].
Uroptychus armatus - Baba et al., 2008: 27, Grenada (Carriacou) [Catalog].
Comment: This species is perhaps not restricted to ICA as there is a discrete indication of 'Florida' in Abele & Kim (1986: 35; from P.A. McLaughlin personal communication).

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

This species in Worms Database