Uroptychus tomentosus Baba 1974

• Main Author: Schnabel, Kareen E.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2009
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Decapoda; Chirostylidae; Uroptychus; Uroptychus tomentosus; Bounty Islands
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5492365; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E487F2FFCE3C5331C71A8D0B56F5A4

UROPTYCHUS TOMENTOSUS BABA, 1974 (FIG. 15) Uroptychus tomentosus Baba, 1974: 384, figs 3, 4 [type locality: holotype, ♂, 45°14.3′S, 171°29.2′E, 116 m, ZLKU 15125]. Type material: 1 ♀ (11.3 mm), paratype, south Chatham Rise, 44° 50.3′S, 171° 51.8′E, 118–120 m, 19.vi.1968, FV Kaiyo Maru stn 4, coll. K. Baba (ZLKU 15126). Other material examined: Northland Plateau: 1 ♀ (15.0 mm), north of New Zealand, 34° 7.50′S, 172° 47.00′E, 315 m, 13.x.1968, stn F924 (NIWA 23158). 1 ♀ (7.6 mm), 35° 49.00′S, 174° 30.00′E, 80 m (NIWA 9800). Bay of Plenty: 1 ♀ ovig. (8.3 mm), 2 ♀ (6.4, 8.1 mm), 1 ♂ (7.8 mm), from four stations. Chatham Rise: 2 ♂ (13.7, 14.3 mm), 43° 53.40′S, 173° 54.20′E, 400 m, 30.x.1979, stn S177 (NIWA 23143). 1 ♀ (4.3 mm), 44° 0.00′S, 172° 58.20′E, 81– 79 m, 6.x.1962, stn B554 (NIWA 10093). 2 ♀ (12.3, 16.8 mm), 44° 10.20′S, 176° 59.20′W, 278 m, 23.iii.1978, stn Q34 (NIWA 23149). 2 ♂ (9.0, 10.7 mm), 44° 12.30′S, 173° 29.90′E, 327 m, 28.x.1979, stn S156 (NIWA 23148). 1 ♂ (11.7 mm), 44° 57.00′S, 171° 46.00′E, 123 m, 19.i.1970, stn G668 (NIWA 10674). 1 ♀ ovig. (16 mm), 44° 9.00′S, 176° 6.50′E, 126 m, 23.x.1979, stn S134 (NIWA 10099). South-east New Zealand: 3 ♀ ovig. (10.4, 13.0, 16.8 mm), 5 ♀ (8.7–14.8 mm), 6 ♂ (6.7– 15.7 mm), from eight stations. Bounty Islands: 1 ♀ ovig. (14.3 mm), 48° 10.10′S, 179° 30.00′E, 228 m, 20.iii.1979, stn I700 (NIWA 23138). 1 ♂ (12.7 mm), 1 ♀ ovig. (14.3 mm), 1 ♀ (12.7 mm), 48° 12.60′S, 179° 29.10′E, 260 m, 25.ix.1978, stn S62 (NIWA 23144). 3 ♂ (8.5, 9.5, 17.7 mm), 4 ♀ ovig. (13.2–17.3 mm), 48° 9.50′S, 179° 47.00′E, 220 m, 15.iii.1979, stn I680 (NIWA 10900). 1 ♂ (6.4 mm), 48° 9.60′S, 179° 15.90′E, 250 m, 20.iii.1979, stn I701 (NIWA 23055). Diagnosis: Carapace longer than wide, dorsal surface unarmed, covered with fine setae; lateral margins irregular but without spines, concavely divergent, distal portion with ridge. Rostrum 0.4 times as long as remainder of carapace, anteriorly rounded. Pterygostomian flap granulate, anterior portion covered with serrate ridges, with sharp anterior ...