Gastroptychus rogeri Baba, 2000

Ahyong, Shane T. & Poore, Gary C. B., 2004, The Chirostylidae of southern Australia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura), Zootaxa 436 (1), pp. 1-88 : 8-9

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scientific name	Gastroptychus rogeri Baba, 2000
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Gastroptychus rogeri Baba, 2000: 246–250 , fig. 2 [type locality: Pedra Branca, southern Tasmania]. — Davie, 2002: 31.

Material examined. NEW SOUTH WALES: AM P53251, 1 male (29.1 mm), 1 female (21.0 mm), E of Kiama , 34º41’S, 151º18’E, 801 m, trawl, K882204, 15 Dec 1988 GoogleMaps ; AM P25065, 1 male (damaged, cl. approx. 22 mm), 25.9 km SE of Green Cape , 476–512 m, from stomach of trevalla, 26 Jun 1976 .

Remarks. In G. rogeri , as in G. hendersoni , the spines and tubercles on the dorsum of the carapace are sharper in smaller specimens.

Distribution. Southern Tasmania and now from off southern New South Wales, at depths between 476 and 1000 m.

References

Baba, K. (2000) Two new species of chirostylids (Decapoda: Anomura: Chirostylidae) from Tasmania. Journal of Crustacean Biology, special number 2, 246 - 252.

Davie, P. J. F. (2002) Crustacea: Malacostraca: Eucarida (Part 2). In: Wells, A. & Houston, W. W. K. (Eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 19.3 B. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne. 551 pp.