Polycheles aculeatus Galil, 2000

Ahyong, Shane T. & Galil, Bella S., 2006, Polychelidae from the southern and western Pacific (Decapoda, Polychelida), Zoosystema 28 (3), pp. 757-767 : 759

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5393346
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5469373
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scientific name	Polycheles aculeatus Galil, 2000
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Polycheles aculeatus Galil, 2000 View in CoL

Polycheles aculeatus Galil, 2000: 312-315 View in CoL , fig. 11 (type locality: New Caledonia, 22°35.6’S, 166°26.2’E). — Ahyong & Chan 2004: 173 View Cited Treatment , figs 3D, 4B.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Solomon Islands. SALOMON 1, stn CP 1806, 9°37.9’S, 160°49.7’E, 621-708 m, 2.X.2001, 1 ♂ cl 21.1 mm.

DISTRIBUTION. — Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Lifou, Indonesia, Western and Eastern Australia, the East China Sea, Taiwan and for the first time from the Solomon Islands; 144-1053 m.

REMARKS

Polycheles aculeatus is reported for the first time from the Solomon Islands. The single specimen agrees well with the type description.

References

AHYONG S. T. & CHAN T. Y. 2004. - Polychelid lobsters of Taiwan (Decapoda: Polychelidae). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52 (1): 171 - 182.

GALIL B. S. 2000. - Crustacea Decapoda: review of the genera and species of the family Polychelidae Wood- Mason, 1874, in CROSNIER A. (ed.), Resultats des campagnes MUSORSTOM, volume 21. Memoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle 184: 285 - 387.