Published December 31, 2007 | Version v1
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Polycheles suhmi Bate 1878

Description

Polycheles suhmi (Bate, 1878)

Pentacheles suhmi Bate, 1878: 278 [type locality: Gulf of Penas, Chile, 47°48’S, 74°46’W]. Stereomastis suhmi. — Bate 1888: 154, figs. 13, 37–38, pl. 15: figs. 3, 4. — Griffin & Stoddart 1995: 249, figs. 12–15. — Takeda in Amaoka et al. 1990: 358.

Polycheles suhmi. — Galil 2000: 344 –346, fig. 25. — Ahyong & Brown 2002: 75, 77.

Material examined. West Norfolk Ridge: AM P66165, 1 female (14.1 mm), 32°36.30’S, 167°47.44’E, 1008– 1029 m, TAN0308/111 #008, 29 May 2003; AM P66306, 1 male (15.4 mm), 35°10.27’S, 169°29.24’E, 867– 869 m, TAN0308/158 #011, 4 Jun 2003. Lord Howe Rise: NIWA 28058, 1 male (18.8 mm), 34°12.18’S, 162°41.18’E, 748–772 m, TAN0308/89 #005, 26 May 2003.

Remarks. Carapace spination (5–6, 2, 8) is within the reported range (Galil 2000).

Distribution. Southern Pacific and Atlantic oceans, and Southern Ocean (South Africa, Chile, New Zealand, and Australia); 292–2195 m (Galil 2000).

Notes

Published as part of Ahyong, Shane T., 2007, Decapod Crustacea collected by the NORFANZ Expedition: Galatheidae and Polychelidae, pp. 1-54 in Zootaxa 1593 on page 51, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.178624

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Polychelidae
Genus
Polycheles
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Decapoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Bate
Species
suhmi
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Polycheles suhmi Bate, 1878 sec. Ahyong, 2007

References

  • Bate, C. S. (1878) XXXII. On the Willemoesia group of Crustacea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, London, 5 (2), 273 - 283, pl. 13.
  • Bate, C. S. (1888) Report on the Crustacea Macrura dredged by H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873 - 1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873 - 76, Zoology, 24, 1 - 942, 154 pls.
  • Griffin, D. J. G. & Stoddart, H. E. (1995) Deepwater decapod Crustacea from eastern Australia: lobsters of the families Nephropidae, Palinuridae, Polychelidae and Scyllaridae. Records of the Australian Museum, 47 (3), 231 - 263.
  • Amaoka, K, Matsuura, K., Inada, T., Takeda, M., Hatanaka, H., & Okada, K. (1990) Fishes collected by the R / V " Shinkai Maru " around New Zealand. Japan Marine Fishery Resource Center, Tokyo, 410 pp.
  • Galil, B. S. (2000) Crustacea Decapoda: Review of the genera and species of the family Polychelidae Wood-Mason, 1874. In: A. Crosnier (ed.), Resultats des Campagnes Musorstom, Volume 21. Memoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, 184, 285 - 387.
  • Ahyong, S. T. & Brown, D. E. (2002) New species and new records of Polychelidae from Australia (Crustacea: Decapoda). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 50 (1), 53 - 79.