Polycheles sculptus
Polycheles sculptus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Family: | Polychelidae |
Genus: | Polycheles |
Species: | P. sculptus |
Binomial name | |
Polycheles sculptus S. I. Smith, 1880 [2] | |
Synonyms [3] | |
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Polycheles sculptus is a species of "strange, blind crustacean".[3] It has a cosmopolitan distribution in deep water, being found on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, in the Mediterranean Sea, and across much of the Indo-West Pacific,[4] at depths of 200–4,000 metres (660–13,120 ft).[3]
References
- ↑ T. Y. Chan (2011). "Stereomastis sculpta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved August 25, 2011.
- ↑ "Polycheles sculptus S. I. Smith, 1880". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 25, 2011.
- 1 2 3 Bella Galil (2000). A. Crosnier, ed. "Crustacea Decapoda: Review of the genera and species of the family Polychelidae Wood-Mason, 1874" (PDF). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM. 21 (184): 285–387.
- ↑ Shane T. Ahyong & Tin-Yam Chan (2004). "Polychelid lobsters of Taiwan (Decapoda: Polychelidae)" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 52 (1): 171–182.
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