Pentacheles laevis Bate, 1878

Ahyong, Shane T. & Galil, Bella S., 2006, Polychelidae from the southern and western Pacific (Decapoda, Polychelida), Zoosystema 28 (3), pp. 757-767 : 758-759

Pentacheles laevis Bate, 1878

Pentacheles laevis Bate, 1878a: 278 (type locality: Moluccas, Indonesia, 4°33’N, 127°06’E). — Galil 2000: 291 (key), 301-305, fig. 7. — Ahyong & Brown 2002: 54-56, fig. 1A, B. — Ahyong & Chan 2004: 171-173, figs 1A-C, 4A.

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

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

Pentacheles beaumontii Alcock, 1894: 236 (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. — Austral Islands. BENTHAUS, stn CP 1891, E of Rapa, 27°37.1’S, 144°15.4’W, 800-850 m, 7.XI.2002, 1 ♀ cl 23.5 mm. — Stn CP 1909, E of Rapa, 27°38.6’S, 144°15.6’W, 783-1000 m, 10.XI.2002, 3 ♂♂ cl 22.5-35.1 mm, 2 ♀♀ cl 19.1-23.5 mm. — Stn CP 1892, E of Rapa, 27°38.8’S, 144°15.6’W, 742-1000 m, 7.XI.2002, 6 ♂♂ cl 18.8-28.3 mm, 1 ♀ cl 24.1 mm. — Stn CP 1910, E of Rapa, 27°38.2’S, 144°15.4’W, 840-1200 m, 10.XI.2002, 7 ♂♂ cl 18.9-45.0 mm, 1 ♀ cl 17.5mm. — Stn CP 1911, E of Rapa, 27°37.9’S, 144°15.2’W, 900-1300 m, 10.XI.2002, 7 ♂♂ cl 16.5-31.0 mm, 1 ♀ cl 22.4 mm. — Stn CP 1966, Tubuai, 23°21.3’S, 149°34’W, 636-1200 m, 19.XI.2002, 1 ♂ cl 36.2 mm, 1 ♀ cl 35.8 mm. — Stn DW 1956, Tubuai, 23°18.4’S, 149°27’W, 600-990 m, 18.XI.2002, 1 ♂ cl 18.5 mm. — Stn CP 1965, Tubuai, 23°21.3’S, 149°33.9’W, 500-1200 m, 19.XI.2002, 4 ♂♂ cl 18.0- 43.3 mm. — Stn CP 1967,Tubuai, 23°21.4’S, 149°34.2’W, 600-1200 m, 19.XI.2002, 2 ♀♀ cl 18.8-19.3 mm. — Stn DW 1995, Rurutu, Avera, 22°29’S, 151°21.8’W, 212- 450 m, 23.XI.2002, 1 ♂ cl 18.3 mm. — Stn DW 2010, S coast of Rurutu, 22°32.4’S, 151°20.8’W, 520-950 m, 24.XI.2002, 1 ♂ cl 44.0 mm.

DISTRIBUTION. — Worldwide, from the Indo-West Pacific, eastern Pacific, western and eastern Atlantic; 212-2505 m ( Galil 2000; this study); a new record for the Austral Islands.

REMARKS Lateral carapace spination of the present series, 8-9:3:13-15, is within the reported range ( Galil 2000; Ahyong & Brown 2002).

Pentacheles snyderi ( Rathbun, 1906) ( Fig. 1 )

Polycheles snyderi Rathbun, 1906: 898 , pl. 24, fig. 9 (type locality: Hawaiian Islands).

Pentacheles snyderi – Galil 2000: 306-308, fig. 9.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Austral Islands. BENTHAUS, stn CP 1911, E of Rapa, 27°37.9’S, 144°15.2’W, 900- 1300 m, 10.XI.2002, 1 ♀ cl 40.9 mm.

DISTRIBUTION. — Hawaii, the Indian Ocean Ridge and the Bay of Biscay ; 900-2245 m.

REMARKS The specimen agrees in most respects with published accounts of the species ( Rathbun 1906; Galil 2000).

Figures

FIG. 1. — Pentacheles snyderi (Rathbun,1906),♀ cl 40.9 mm,E of Rapa, BENTHAUS CP 1911, anterior region.