Polycheles helleri Bate, 1878
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5393346 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5469377 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D6A24E-FFC4-D252-B25B-FDCEFB233FF6 |
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Marcus |
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Polycheles helleri Bate, 1878 |
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Polycheles helleri Bate, 1878 View in CoL
Polycheles helleri Bate, 1878a: 277 View in CoL (type locality: N of New Guinea, 2°33’S, 144°04’E, by lectotype selection [ Ahyong & Brown 2002]). — Galil 2000: 327-329, fig. 18. — Ahyong & Chan 2004: 179, figs 3H, I, 4G.
MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Solomon Islands. SALOMON 1, stn CP 1754, 9°00.1’S, 159°49.0’E, 1169-1203 m, 26.IX.2001, 1 ovigerous ♀ cl 34.5 mm. — Stn CP 1764, 8°36.6’S, 160°07.4’E, 1327-1598 m, 27.IX.2001, 3 ♂♂ cl 19.6-25.8 mm.
DISTRIBUTION. — Western Indian Ocean to Australia, Indonesia, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Japan, Taiwan and the Solomon Islands; 787-2947 m ( Ahyong & Chan 2004).
REMARKS
The specimens agree closely with Galil’s (2000) account of the species but exhibit a greater range in carapace spination (6:3:8-10) resembling that reported for Taiwanese specimens ( Ahyong & Chan 2004).
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Polycheles helleri Bate, 1878
| Ahyong, Shane T. & Galil, Bella S. 2006 |
Polycheles helleri
| AHYONG S. T. & CHAN T. Y. 2004: 179 |
| GALIL B. S. 2000: 327 |
| BATE C. S. 1878: 277 |