Polycheles typhlops Heller, 1862
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Polycheles typhlops Heller, 1862 |
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Polycheles typhlops Heller, 1862 View in CoL
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: 179-181, figs 1D-F, 4H, 5A, B.
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).
Ahyong S. T. & Galil B. S.
MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Solomon Islands. SALOMON 1, stn CP 1859, 9°32.6’S, 160°37.3’E, 283-305 m, 7.X.2001, 1 ♂ cl 27.7 mm.
Fiji. MUSORSTOM 10, stn CP 1332, Bligh Water, 16°56.2’S, 178°07.9’E, 640-687 m, 8.VIII.1998, 1 ♂ cl 21.6 mm (MNHN-Pa 1764). — Stn CP 1335, Bligh Water, 16°52.8’S, 178°03’E, 729-753 m, 9.VIII.1998, 2 juveniles (MNHN-Pa 1763). — Stn CC 1337, Bligh Water, 17°03.4’S, 177°47.2’E, 635-670 m, 9.VIII.1998, 4 ♂♂ cl 26.9-39.2 mm, 1 ♀ cl 43.2 mm, 1 juvenile (MNHN-Pa 1762).
Tonga. BORDAU 2, stn CP 1556, Nomuka, 20°11’S, 174°45’W, 589-591 m, 7. VI.2000, 3 ♂♂ cl 32.1-40.5 mm (MNHN-Pa 1761). — Stn CP 1637, Tongatapu, 21°05’S, 175°23’W, 464-507 m, 21. VI.2000, 1 ♀ cl 35.0 mm (MNHN-Pa 1760). — Stn CP 1642, Tongatapu, 21°05’S, 175°23’W, 532 m, 21. VI.2000, 1 ♂ cl 50.7 mm, 1 juvenile (MNHN-Pa 1759). — Stn CP 1644, Tongatapu, 21°05’S, 175°23’W, 501 m, 22. VI.2000, 1 ♀ cl 35.6 mm (MNHN-Pa 1758).
DISTRIBUTION. — Widespread throughout the Indo- West Pacific and both sides of the Atlantic; 77-2055 m ( Galil 2000).
REMARKS
As in specimens from Taiwan and Australia ( Ahyong & Chan 2004), the present specimens of P. typhlops all have distinctly granulate abdominal tergites. The present specimens of P. typhlops represent the first records of the species from the Solomon Islands, Fiji and Tonga.
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CSIRO Canberra Rhizobium Collection |
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Mykotektet, National Veterinary Institute |
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Polycheles typhlops Heller, 1862
| Ahyong, Shane T. & Galil, Bella S. 2006 |
Polycheles intermedius
| BALSS H. 1914: 599 |
Pentacheles hextii
| ALCOCK A. 1894: 237 |
Polycheles doderleini
| RIGGIO G. 1885: 103 |
Polycheles typhlops
| AHYONG S. T. & CHAN T. Y. 2004: 179 |
| GALIL B. S. 2000: 354 |
| HELLER C. 1862: 392 |