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Chirostylidae Ortmann 1892

  • 1. National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Private Bag 14901, Kilbirnie, Wellington, New Zealand.
  • 2. Australian Museum, 6 College Street, Sydney, NSW 2010 Australia. E-mail: shane. ahyong @ austmus. gov. au

Description

Chirostylidae Ortmann, 1892

(Fig. 2C–F, I–L)

Diptycinés A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1894: 296, 312; 1897: 116 [vernacular name, unavailable].

Diptyciens A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1894: 299. — Bouvier, 1896: 312 [vernacular name, unavailable].

Diptycinae Bouvier, 1896: 312. — A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1899: 71, 87; 1900: 350.

Chirostylidae Ortmann, 1892: 244.

Uroptychidae Alcock, 1901: 236, 278.

Diagnosis. Carapace surface smooth, tuberculate or spinose but without transverse striae, posterolateral margin not distinctly defined or greatly inflated; rostrum variously shaped; supraocular spines absent. Anterolateral margin of abdominal somite 2 without prominent, anterolaterally directed spine. Sternite 3 not strongly produced anteriorly. Eyes well developed. Basal antennular article with distolateral spines. Antennal peduncle consisting of 5 articles; acicle present or absent. Mandibular cutting edge calcified, strongly serrated along its length. Maxilliped 1 without epipod; exopod flagellum present or absent, not annulated. Maxilliped 3 to pereopod 4 each with 2 arthrobranchs (well-developed or vestigial on maxilliped 3). Pereopod 5 with 1 arthrobranch only. Pereopods 2–4 with pleurobranch. Male pleopods 1 and 2 present. Male pleopods 3–5 vestigial or absent.

Type genus. Chirostylus Ortmann, 1892, by original designation.

Composition. Chirostylus Ortmann, 1892, Gastroptychus Caullery, 1896, Hapaloptyx Stebbing, 1920, Uroptychodes Baba, 2004, Uroptychus Henderson, 1888.

Remarks. Pleopods 3–5 are absent in most male chirostylids, but are vestigial in some species of Gastroptychus (e.g., G. rogeri Baba, 2000, and G. investigatoris (Alcock & Anderson, 1899), K. Baba, pers. com.; AM P53251, G. rogeri).

Notes

Published as part of Schnabel, Kareen E. & Ahyong, Shane T., 2010, A new classification of the Chirostyloidea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura), pp. 56-64 in Zootaxa 2687 (1) on page 58, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2687.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/5301281

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Ortmann
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Decapoda
Family
Chirostylidae
Taxon rank
family
Taxonomic concept label
Chirostylidae Ortmann, 1892 sec. Schnabel & Ahyong, 2010

References

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  • Milne-Edwards, A. & Bouvier, E. L. (1894) Considerations generales sur la famille des Galatheides. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, series 7, 16, 191 - 327, fig. 1 - 36.
  • Bouvier, E. L. (1896) Sur la famille des Chirostylidae, Ortmann, et sur la classification des Galatheidea [Crust.]. Bulletin de la Societe entomologique de France, 65, 307 - 312.
  • Milne-Edwards, A. & Bouvier, E. L. (1899) Crustaces Decapodes provenant des campagnes de l'Hirondelle (supplement) et de la Princesse-Alice (1891 - 1897). Resultats des Campagnes scientifiques Yacht Albert I Monaco, 13, 1 - 106.
  • Alcock, A. (1901) A descriptive catalogue of the Indian deep-sea Crustacea Decapoda Macrura and Anomala, in the Indian Museum. Being a revised account of the deep-sea species collected by the Royal Indian Marine Survey Ship Investigator. Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, 286 pp.
  • Caullery, M. (1896) Crustaces Schizopodes et Decapodes. In: Koehler, R., Resultats scientifiques de la Campagne du Caudan dans le Golfe de Gascogne, aout - septembre, 1895. Annales de l'Universite de Lyons, 26, 365 - 419, pls 13 - 17.
  • Stebbing, T. R. R. (1920) South African Crustacea (Part X of S. A. Crustacea, for the Marine Investigations in South Africa). Annals of the South African Museum, 17, 231 - 272.
  • Baba, K. (2004) Uroptychodes, new genus of Chirostylidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura), with description of three new species. Scientia Marina, 68, 97 - 116.
  • Henderson, J. R. (1888) Report on the Anomura collected by H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873 - 76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873 - 76. Zoology, 27, 1 - 221, 21 pls.
  • Baba, K. (2000) Two new species of chirostylids (Decapoda: Anomura: Chirostylidae) from Tasmania. Journal of Crustacean Biology, special number 2, 246 - 252.
  • Alcock, A. & Anderson, A. R. S. (1899) Natural history notes from H. M. Royal Indian Marine Survey Ship " Investigator ", Commander T. H. Heming, R. N., commanding. Series III, no. 2. An account of the deep-sea Crustacea dredged during the surveying season of 1897 - 98. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 7, 3, 1 - 27.