On a collection of Polychelidae from Papua New Guinea (Crustacea, Decapoda, Polychelida) Author Galil, Bella S. National Institute of Oceanography, Israel Oceanographic & Limnological Research, P. O. B. 8030, Haifa 31080 (Israel) bella @ ocean. org. il bella@ocean.org.il text Zoosystema 2013 2013-12-27 35 4 495 502 http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/z2013n4a4 journal article 10.5252/z2013n4a4 1638-9387 5165322 Polycheles baccatus Spence Bate, 1878 Polycheles baccatus Spence Bate, 1878a: 278 ( type locality: off Matuku Island, Fiji ); 1878b: 484; 1878c: 563. — Galil 2000: 317 . — Ahyong & Brown 2002: 60 , figs 4, 6. — Ahyong & Galil 2006: 762 . — Ahyong 2009: 383 . — Chan 2010: 162 . Polycheles baccata Spence Bate 1888: 131 , pl. 14, fig. 1. MATERIAL EXAMINED. — BIOPAPUA, North of Rabaul, Stn CP 3669, 04°08’S , 151°56’E , 382- 389 m , 24.IX.2010 , 1 ♀ ovi. cl 34.5 mm (MNHN- IU-2011-2085). — Southeast of Manus Island, Stn CP 3692, 02°10’S , 147°19’E , 408-448 m , 29.IX.2010 , 2 ♀♀ ovi. cl 35.4, 33.2 mm, 1 ♀ cl 36.4 mm (MNHN-IU-2011-3098). — Southeast of Manus Island, Stn CP 3692, 02°10’S , 147°19’E , 408- 448 m , 29.IX.2010 , 2 ♂♂ cl 33.3, 24.5 mm, 1 ♀ ovi. cl 38.4 mm (MNHN-IU-2011-2923). DISTRIBUTION. — Solomon Islands , Wallis and Futuna Islands, Fiji , Vanuatu , New Caledonia , Australia , Philippines , Indonesia ; 300-1250 m ( Galil 2000 ; Ahyong & Galil 2006 ); new record for PNG .