Gastroptychus

Gastroptychus is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Chirostylidae, containing the following species:[1]

• Gastroptychus affinis (Chace, 1942)
• Gastroptychus brachyterus Baba, 2005
• Gastroptychus brevipropodus Baba, 1991
• Gastroptychus cavimurus Baba, 1977
• Gastroptychus defensus (Benedict, 1902)
• Gastroptychus formosus (Filhol, 1884)
• Gastroptychus hawaiiensis Baba, 1977
• Gastroptychus hendersoni (Alcock & Anderson, 1899)
• Gastroptychus iaspis Baba & Haig, 1990
• Gastroptychus investigatoris (Alcock & Anderson, 1899)
• Gastroptychus laevis (Henderson, 1885)
• Gastroptychus meridionalis de Melo-Filho & de Melo, 2004
• Gastroptychus milneedwardsi (Henderson, 1885).
• Gastroptychus novaezelandiae Baba, 1974
• Gastroptychus paucispina Baba, 1991
• Gastroptychus perarmatus (Haig, 1968)
• Gastroptychus rogeri Baba, 2000
• Gastroptychus salvadori Rice & Miller, 1991
• Gastroptychus spinifer (A. Milne Edwards, 1880)
• Gastroptychus sternoornatus (Van Dam, 1933)
• Gastroptychus valdiviae (Balss, 1913)

Gastroptychus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Anomura
Family:	Chirostylidae
Genus:	Gastroptychus Caullery, 1896

References

1. Keiji Baba; Enrique Macpherson; Gary C. B. Poore; Shane T. Ahyong; Adriana Bermudez; Patricia Cabezas; Chia-Wei Lin; Martha Nizinski; Celso Rodrigues; Kareen E. Schnabel (2008). "Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura – families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1905: 1–220.