Chirostylidae
Also known as: Spider Squat Lobsters, squat lobsters, ワラエビ科, 柱臂虾科
Classification
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Class | Malacostraca |
| Order | Decapoda |
| Family | Chirostylidae |
| Published in | Ortmann, A. E. (1892). Die Decapoden-Krebse des Strassburger Museum, mit beson derer Berücksichtigung der von Herrn Dr. Doederlein bei Japan und bei den Liu-Kiu-Inseln gesammelten und zur Zeit im Strassburger Museum aufbe wahrten Formen.IV. Die Abtheilun |
| Habitat | MARINE |
| Genera | 8 |
| Species records held | 332 |
| Descendant taxa (GBIF) | 372 |
| GBIF key | 8032 |
Genera in Chirostylidae
- Uroptychus — 289 species: Uroptychus abdominalis, Uroptychus acostalis, Uroptychus adiastaltus, Uroptychus adnatus, Uroptychus aguayoi, Uroptychus ahyongi, Uroptychus albus, Uroptychus alcocki
- Uroptychodes — 14 species: Uroptychodes albatrossae, Uroptychodes babai, Uroptychodes barunae, Uroptychodes benedicti, Uroptychodes epigaster, Uroptychodes fuscilineatus, Uroptychodes grandirostris, Uroptychodes mortenseni
- Gastroptychus — 9 species: Gastroptychus affinis, Gastroptychus brachyterus, Gastroptychus brevipropodus, Gastroptychus laevis, Gastroptychus novaezelandiae, Gastroptychus paucispina, Gastroptychus spinifer, Gastroptychus sternoornatus
- Heteroptychus — 9 species: Heteroptychus anouchkae, Heteroptychus apophysis, Heteroptychus claudeae, Heteroptychus colini, Heteroptychus galapagos, Heteroptychus lemaitrei, Heteroptychus nautilus, Heteroptychus paulae
- Chirostylus — 7 species: Chirostylus dolichopus, Chirostylus micheleae, Chirostylus novaecaledoniae, Chirostylus ortmanni, Chirostylus rostratus, Chirostylus sandyi, Chirostylus stellaris
- Phalangiopsis — 2 species: Phalangiopsis antoinei, Phalangiopsis rogeri
- Eouroptychus — 1 species: Eouroptychus montemagrensis
- Hapaloptyx — 1 species: Hapaloptyx difficilis
Source and Attribution
Taxonomic rank data on this page is drawn from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, doi.org/10.15468/39omei, GBIF Secretariat, licensed CC BY 4.0. Member-species counts are counts of records held in the Sanctum species index, not a claim of completeness for the family.