Polycheles sculptus Smith, 1880

Ahyong, Shane T., 2007, Decapod Crustacea collected by the NORFANZ Expedition: Galatheidae and Polychelidae, Zootaxa 1593, pp. 1-54 : 50-51

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.178624

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5030693

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0395878E-FFB4-6A61-FF47-F937FF4B518B

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scientific name

Polycheles sculptus Smith, 1880
status

 

Polycheles sculptus Smith, 1880 View in CoL

Polycheles sculptus Smith, 1880: 346 View in CoL , pl. 7 figs. 1–6 [type locality: off Nova Scotia, Canada, 43º10’N, 61º20’W]. —

Galil 2000: 292, 340–344, fig. 24. — Ahyong & Brown 2002: 75, 78. — Ahyong & Chan 2004: 179, fig. 3E, G. Pentacheles spinosus A. Milne Edwards, 1880: 66 [type locality: W of Tortugas, off Dominica]. Stereomastis sculpta . — Griffin & Stoddart 1995: 248.

Material examined. West Norfolk Ridge: AM P66162, 1 female (46.9 mm), 33°46.55’S, 167°29.28’E, 1431– 1460, TAN0308/103 #016, 29 May 2003.

Lord Howe Rise: AM P66152, 1 female (21.7 mm), 32°11.59’S, 160°51.66’E, 1342–1361 m, TAN0308/ 72, 24 May 2003; NIWA 28059, 1 female (26.1 mm), 32°39.33’S, 162°33.11’E, 864–879 m, TAN0308/78 #025, 25 May 2003.

Remarks. Carapace spination of the present specimens is within the reported range ( Galil 2000, Ahyong & Chan 2004): gastric spines 5, branchial spines 5 or 6, lateral carapace spination 6–7: 3–4: 6–7. Distribution. Worldwide: both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, including the Mediterranean Sea, and widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific including Vanuatu, Australia, and New Zealand; 200–4000 m ( Galil 2000).

NIWA

National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Polychelidae

Genus

Polycheles

Loc

Polycheles sculptus Smith, 1880

Ahyong, Shane T. 2007
2007
Loc

Polycheles sculptus

Smith 1880: 346
1880
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