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Decapoda - Anomura - Chirostylidae - Uroptychus

Uroptychus minutus Benedict, 1902

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World Distribution
Baba et al. (2008) - off Trinidad (Albatross, stn 2120), 134 m)
Melo (1999: 166) - Antilles and Brazil, 150 m.

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

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 134-150 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: ICA (Trinidad). 134 m. WA.
Uroptychus minutus Benedict, 1902: 296, off Trinidad [R/V Albatross, st. 2120, 73 fathoms]. - Baba et al., 2008: 37, Trinidad [Catalog]. - Baba & Wicksten, 2015: 216, Trinidad [Redescription of syntypes: 1 male (2.2 mm), 4 ov. female (1 ov. 1.9 mm; mouthparts missing on right side), R/V Albatross, st. 2120, off Trinidad, 73 fms, 134 m (USNM 7833)].

French Guiana and surroundings areas: Guiana, Suriname, Brazil (Amapà)
Uroptychus minutus – Coelho, 1969, table 1: Brazil Amapá. – Coelho & Ramos, 1972: 170, Brazil Amapá [146 m]. — Melo-Filho, 1998: 393, Brazil Amapá. — Melo, 1999: 166, Brazil Amapá. – Coelho et al., 2007: tab. 4, Brazil Amapá.
Distribution/Habitat – WA; Marine; 134–150 m.

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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