Polycheles enthrix (Bate, 1878)

Ahyong, Shane T. & Galil, Bella S., 2006, Polychelidae from the southern and western Pacific (Decapoda, Polychelida), Zoosystema 28 (3), pp. 757-767 : 763-764

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5393346
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scientific name	Polycheles enthrix (Bate, 1878)
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Treatment

Pentacheles enthrix Bate, 1878a: 280 , pl. 13, figs 1-3 (type locality: off Matuku Island, Fiji, by lectotype designation [ Ahyong & Brown 2002]); 1878b: 484; 1878c: 563.

Pentacheles euthrix (sic) – Bate 1888: 149.

Pentocheles enthrix – Bate 1888: pl. 17. Polycheles enthrix – Galil 2000: 322-325, fig. 16 (part). — Ahyong & Brown 2002: 65-69, fig. 7C, D.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Fiji. BORDAU 1, stn CP 1490, 18°51’S, 178°32’E, 785-820 m, 11.III.1999, 1 ♂ cl 41.5 mm (MNHN-Pa 1775). — Stn CP 1491, 18°50’S, 178°27’E, 777-787 m, 11.III.1999, 1 ovigerous ♀ cl 56.9 mm (MNHN-Pa 1774).

Tonga. BORDAU 2, stn CP 1565, Tongatapu, 20°58’S, 175°16’W, 869-880 m, 9. VI.2000, 1 juvenile (MNHN-Pa 1773). — Stn CH 1620, Tongatapu, 24°18’S, 176°20’W, 572 m, 18. VI.2000, 1 ♂ cl 35.7 mm (MNHN-Pa 1772). — Stn CH 1621, Tongatapu, 24°19’S, 176°23’W, 570-573 m, 18. VI.2000, 1 ♂ cl 42.9 mm, 1 ovigerous ♀ cl 44.0 mm (MNHN-Pa 1771). — Stn CP 1625, Tongatapu, 23°28’S, 176°22’W, 824 m, 19. VI.2000, 2 ♂♂ cl 25.5- 35.8 mm, 3 ♀♀ cl 30.2-49.4 mm, 4 juveniles (MNHN-Pa

1770). — Stn CP 1642, Tongatapu, 21°05’S, 175°23’W,

Ahyong S. T. & Galil B. S.

532 m, 21. VI.2000, 1 juvenile (MNHN-Pa 1769).

DISTRIBUTION. — Wallis and Futuna Islands, Fiji, New Caledonia, Chesterfield Islands, Kermadec Islands, New Zealand, Australia; 229-1152 m ( Galil 2000).

REMARKS

Galil (2000) recognised a wide distribution for P. enthrix , ranging from eastern Australia and New Zealand to Japan and the central Pacific. Ahyong & Brown(2002) and Ahyong& Chan(2004) showed that Polycheles kermadecensis (Sund, 1920) and P. amemiyai Yokoya,1933 should be recognised as valid species,and thus removed both from the synonymy of P. enthrix . Polycheles enthrix has a central to western Pacific distribution, ranging from Fiji to eastern Australia. Polycheles kermadecensis has a southwestern Pacific distribution, ranging from the Kermadec Islands to eastern Australia, and P. amemiyai is a northwestern Pacific species from Japan and Taiwan.