Polychelidae Wood-Mason, 1875

González, José A., 2018, Checklists of Crustacea Decapoda from the Canary and Cape Verde Islands, with an assessment of Macaronesian and Cape Verde biogeographic marine ecoregions, Zootaxa 4413 (3), pp. 401-448 : 415-416

Polychelidae Wood-Mason, 1875

Cardus crucifer (Thomson, 1873) —CNI Bouvier (1917, as Polycheles crucifer ); 1200–1800 m—Benthic, 549– 2195 m. AAWA.

Pentacheles laevis Spence Bate, 1878 —CNI Bouvier (1917, as Polycheles granulatus ); 1290–2300 m—CVI Bouvier (1917, as P. granulatus ); 950–1698 m—Benthic, 347–2505 m. COSM.

Pentacheles validus A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 —CNI Beaubrun (1979, as Polycheles validus ); 1700–3120 m— Benthic, 914–3365 m. COSM.

Polycheles perarmatus Holthuis, 1952 —CVI Holthuis (1952, as P. typhlops perarmatus ); depth unknown— Benthopelagic, 100–2050 m. PANT.

Polycheles typhlops Heller, 1862 —CNI Bouvier (1917); 366–786 m—CVI Bouvier (1917); 400–580 m—Benthic, 77–2055 m. COSM.

Stereomastis sculpta (Smith, 1880) —CNI Sivertsen & Holthuis (1956); 1300–1540 m—CVI Holthuis (1952); depth unknown—Benthic, 200–4000 m. COSM.

Stereomastis talismani ( Bouvier, 1917) —CVI Neves et al. (2016), Neves (2016); 878 m—Benthic, 100–2453 m. AAWD.

Willemoesia leptodactyla (Thomson, 1873) —CNI Galil (2000); 3315–4000 m—CVI Galil (2000); 3650–4130 m—Benthic, 2396–5124 m. COSM.