Uroptychodes
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Uroptychodes is a genus of squat lobster
s in the family Chirostylidae, containing the following species:
Squat lobster
Squat lobsters are decapod crustaceans of the families Galatheidae, Chirostylidae and Kiwaidae, including the common genera Galathea and Munida. They are not lobsters at all, but are more closely related to porcelain crabs, hermit crabs and then, more distantly, true crabs...
s in the family Chirostylidae, containing the following species:
- Uroptychodes albatrossae (Baba, 1988)
- Uroptychodes barunae Baba, 2004
- Uroptychodes benedicti (Baba, 1977)
- Uroptychodes epigaster Baba, 2004
- Uroptychodes grandirostris (Yokoya, 1933)
- Uroptychodes mortenseni (Van Dam, 1939)
- Uroptychodes musorstomi Baba, 2004
- Uroptychodes nowra (Ahyong & Poore, 2004)
- Uroptychodes okutanii (Baba, 1981a)
- Uroptychodes spinimarginatus (Henderson, 1885)
- Uroptychodes spinulifer (Van Dam, 1940)