Polycheles typhlops Heller, 1862

Galil, Bella S., 2013, On a collection of Polychelidae from Papua New Guinea (Crustacea, Decapoda, Polychelida), Zoosystema 35 (4), pp. 495-502 : 497-498

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https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2013n4a4

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scientific name

Polycheles typhlops Heller, 1862
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Polycheles typhlops Heller, 1862 View in CoL

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Polycheles typhlops Heller, 1862: 392 View in CoL , pl. 1, figs 1-6 (type locality:off Sicily). — Galil 2000: 354, fig. 30. — Ahyong & Chan 2004: 179, figs 1D-F, 4H, 5A, B; 2008: 64, fig 1C. — Ahyong & Galil 2006: 765 View Cited Treatment . — Boyko 2006: 44. — Poore et al. 2008: 91. — Ahyong 2009: 383. — Chan 2010: 162.

Pentacheles agassizii A. Milne-Edwards, 1880: 65 View in CoL (type locality: off Grenada).

Polycheles doderleini Riggio, 1885: 103 , pl. 3, figs 1-5 (type locality: Palermo).

Pentacheles hextii Alcock, 1894: 237 View in CoL (type locality: Andaman Sea).

Polycheles intermedius Balss, 1914: 599 (type locality: between Iceland and the Hebrides).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — BIOPAPUA, Huon Gulf, Stn CP 3633, 06°54’S, 147°05’E, 395-406 m, 22.VIII.2010, 1 ♂ cl 39.7 mm (MNHN-IU-2011-1486). — Huon Gulf, Stn CP 3635, 07°29’S, 147°33’E, 280-302 m, 23.VIII.2010, 2 ♂♂ cl 44.8, 34.8 mm, 1 ♀ cl 49.9 mm (MNHN- IU-2011-1496). — Huon Gulf, Stn CP 3637, 07°25’S, 147°30’E, 608-615 m, 23.VIII.2010, 1 ♀ cl 27.9 mm, 2 juveniles (MNHN-IU-2013-7010). — Kimbe Bay, Stn CP 3679, 05°21’S, 150°45’E, 490-715 m, 25.IX.2010, 1 ♂ cl 21.6 mm (MNHN-IU-2013-7001). — Madang, Stn CP 3707, 04°59’S, 145°50’E, 460-466 m, 2.X.2010, 1 ♂ cl 44.1 mm, 1 ♀ cl 56.4 mm (MNHN- IU-2011-2715). — Astrolabe Bay, Stn CP 3711, 05°23’S, 145°48’E, 434-447 m, 5.X.2010, 1 ♂ cl 23.0 mm, 1 ♀ cl 41.2 mm (MNHN-IU-2011-2052). — Mambare Bay, Stn CP 3729, 07°52’S, 148°03’E, 575-655 m, 8.X.2010, 1 ♀ cl 21.1 mm (MNHN-IU-2013-7008). — Jacquinot Bay, Stn CP 3774, 05°35’S, 151°35’E, 470-680 m, 16.X.2010, 1♂ cl 42.5 mm (MNHN-IU-2011-2803).

DISTRIBUTION. — Widespread throughout the Indo-West Pacific and both sides of the Atlantic, known from the Solomon Islands and Fiji; 77-2055 m ( Galil 2000; Ahyong & Galil 2006); new record for PNG.

REMARKS As in specimens from Solomon Islands and Fiji ( Ahyong & Galil 2006), the present specimens of P. typhlops possess heavily granulated abdominal tergites.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Polychelidae

Genus

Polycheles

Loc

Polycheles typhlops Heller, 1862

Galil, Bella S. 2013
2013
Loc

Polycheles intermedius

BALSS H. 1914: 599
1914
Loc

Pentacheles hextii

ALCOCK A. 1894: 237
1894
Loc

Polycheles doderleini

RIGGIO G. 1885: 103
1885
Loc

Polycheles typhlops

CHAN T. Y. 2010: 162
AHYONG S. T. 2009: 383
POORE G. C. B. & MCCALLUM A. W. & TAYLOR J. 2008: 91
AHYONG S. T. & GALIL B. S. 2006: 765
BOYKO C. B. 2006: 44
AHYONG S. T. & CHAN T. Y. 2004: 179
GALIL B. S. 2000: 354
HELLER C. 1862: 392
1862
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