Polycheles sculptus

Polycheles sculptus
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]
  • Stereomastis sculpta (Smith, 1880)
  • Pentacheles spinosus A. Milne-Edwards, 1880
  • Pentacheles sculptus Smith, 1882

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

  1. 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.
  2. "Polycheles sculptus S. I. Smith, 1880". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 25, 2011.
  3. 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.
  4. 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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