Pentacheles laevis Spence Bate, 1878

Galil, Bella S., 2013, On a collection of Polychelidae from Papua New Guinea (Crustacea, Decapoda, Polychelida), Zoosystema 35 (4), pp. 495-502 : 496-497

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2013n4a4
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scientific name	Pentacheles laevis Spence Bate, 1878
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Pentacheles laevis Spence Bate, 1878 View in CoL

Pentacheles laevis Spence Bate, 1878a: 278 View in CoL (type locality: Moluccas, Indonesia, 4°33’N, 127°06’E). — Galil 2000:

291, 301, fig. 7. — Ahyong & Brown 2002: 54, fig. 1A, B. — Ahyong & Chan 2004: 171, figs 1A-C, 4A; 2008: 64, fig 1A. — Ahyong & Galil 2006: 758. — Boyko 2006: 39, figs 1B, 2. — Ahyong 2007: 47, fig 24B; 2009: 383; 2012: 1. — Poore et al. 2008: 91, fig. — Chan 2010: 162. — Hendrickx 2012: 359.

Pentacheles gracilis Spence Bate, 1878b: 279 View in CoL (type locality: off Fiji, 19°07.50’S, 178°19.35’E).

Polycheles granulatus Faxon, 1893: 197 View in CoL (type locality: off Panama, 4°03’N, 81°31’E).

Pentacheles beaumontii Alcock, 1894: 236 View in CoL (type locality: off Colombo, Sri Lanka).

Polycheles dubius Bouvier, 1905a: 480 (type locality: off the Azores, 44°04’N, 9°81’W).

Polycheles eryoniformis Bouvier, 1905b: 644 (type locality: Madeira).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — BIOPAPUA. West of New Hanover, Stn CP 3653, 02°13’S, 150°23’E, 680-700 m, 25.IX.2010, 1 ♀ cl 19.6 mm (MNHN- IU-2011-1226). — Feni Island, Stn CP 3762, 03°57’S, 153°49’W, 995-1050 m, 14.X.2010, 1 ♀ cl 42.4 mm (MNHN-IU-2011-2786).

DISTRIBUTION. — Worldwide: Indo-West Pacific, eastern Pacific, western and eastern Atlantic; 212-2505 m ( Galil 2000; Ahyong & Galil 2006); new record for PNG.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Malacostraca
Order	Decapoda
Family	Polychelidae
Genus	Pentacheles