Polycheles sculptus Smith, 1880
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.178624 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5030693 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0395878E-FFB4-6A61-FF47-F937FF4B518B |
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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).
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National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research |
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Polycheles sculptus Smith, 1880
Ahyong, Shane T. 2007 |
Polycheles sculptus
Smith 1880: 346 |