Polycheles coccifer Galil, 2000

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

Polycheles coccifer Galil, 2000

( Fig. 1A )

Polycheles coccifer Galil, 2000: 320 , fig. 15 (type locality: Philippines). — Ahyong & Chan 2004: 176, figs 1G,H, 4E; 2008: 64, fig 1B. — Poore et al. 2008: 91, fig. — Ahyong 2009: 383. — Chan 2010: 162.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — BIOPAPUA, Huon Gulf, Stn CP 3630, 06°54’S, 147°03’E, 305-307 m, 22.VIII.2010, 1 ♂ cl 29.8 mm (MNHN-IU-2011-1502). — Huon Gulf, Stn CP 3635, 07°29’S, 147°33’E, 280- 302 m, 23.VIII.2010, 1 ♀ cl 49.2 mm (MNHN- IU-2011-1253). — Huon Gulf, Stn CP 3645, 06°44’S, 147°50’E, 403-418 m, 24.VIII.2010, 1 ♂ cl 39.1 mm (MNHN-IU-2011-5084). — Tami Island, Huon Gulf, Stn CP 3645, 06°44’S, 147°50’E, 403- 418 m, 24.VIII.2010, 1 ♂ cl 35.5 mm (MNHN- IU-2011-3609). — Southeast of Manus Island, Stn CP 3693, 02°10’S, 147°17’E, 300 m, 29.IX.2010, 1 ♀ cl 23.0 mm (MNHN-IU-2011-1810). — Astrolabe Bay, Stn CP 3710, 05°22’S, 145°48’E, 372-384 m, 5.X.2010, 1 ♂ cl 40.9 mm, 1 ♀ cl 31.5 mm (MNHN- IU-2011-1210). — Astrolabe Bay, Stn CP 3711, 05°23’S, 145°48’E, 434-447 m, 5.X.2010, 2 ♂♂ cl 37.0, 33.7 mm (MNHN-IU-2013-7000).

DISTRIBUTION. — Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Western Australia, Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan ( Galil 2000; Poore 2008); new record for PNG. Known from depths between 155-533 m (found in trawl hauled between 99-610 m) ( Galil 2000); present depth record 615 m.

Figures

FIG. 1. — A, Polycheles coccifer Galil, 2000, Stn CP 3645, male, cl 39.1 mm, MNHN-IU-2011-5084; B, Polycheles typhlops Heller, 1862,Stn CP 3774,male,cl 42.5 mm,MNHN-IU-2011-2803;C, Stereomastis auriculata (Spence Bate,1878),Stn CP 3638,female ovi., cl 54.7 mm,MNHN-IU-2011-3229;D, Stereomastis galil (Ahyong & Brown,2002),Stn CP 3650,male,cl 23.5 mm,MNHN-IU-2011-2807. Photographs by Tin-Yam Chan and Ruei Yi Lee, edited for publication by Oz Rittner.