| <i>uroptychus</i> <i>nitidus</i> (a. milne-edwards, 1880) and related species (crustacea: decapoda: anomura: chirostylidae) from the western atlantic. | eight species of squat lobsters of the genus uroptychus are reported from the western atlantic based on the collections of the museum of comparative zoology at harvard, the smithsonian institution and texas a&m university. uroptychus nitidus (a. milne-edwards, 1880) is reviewed and redescribed, with a syntype taken at blake station 200 off martinique designated as the lectotype. uroptychus alphonsei n. sp. is named for u. nitidus variety c chace, 1942, u. fenneri n. sp. for u. nitidus variety a ... | 2017 | 28187664 |