Polychelidae from the southern and western Pacific (Decapoda, Polychelida)
Author
Ahyong, Shane T.
Marine Biodiversity and Biosecurity, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Private Bag 14901, Kilbirnie, Wellington (New Zealand) s. ahyong @ niwa. co. nz
ahyong@niwa.co.nz
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
2006
28
3
757
767
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5393346
1638-9387
5393346
Polycheles baccatus
Bate, 1878
Polycheles baccatus
Bate, 1878a: 278
(
type
locality: off Matuku Island,
Fiji
); 1878b:484;1878c:563.—
Galil 2000: 317-319
. —
Ahyong & Brown 2002: 60
, figs 4, 6.
Polycheles baccata
–
Bate 1888: 131
, pl. 14, fig. 1.
MATERIAL
EXAMINED. —
Solomon Islands
.
SALO- MON 1, stn CP 1833,
10°11.8’S
,
161°18.7’E
,
367-533 m
, 5.X.2001,1
♀
cl
23.4 mm
.
Fiji
.
BORDAU 1, stn CP 1461,
18°09’S
,
178°48’E
,
560 m
,
6.III.1999
,
1 ♀
cl
41.8 mm
(MNHN-Pa 1781).
Tonga
.
BORDAU 2, stn CP 1556, Nomuka,
20°11’S
,
174°45’W
,
589-591 m
,
7.
VI
.2000
,
4 ♂♂
cl 25.9-34.0 mm,
4 ♀♀
cl 22.9-33.0 mm (MNHN-Pa 1780). — Stn CP 1637,
Tongatapu
,
21°05’S
,
175°23’W
,
464-507 m
,
21.
VI
.2000
,
1 ♂
cl
22.3 mm
,
1 juvenile
(MNHN-Pa 1779). — Stn CP 1638,
Tongatapu
,
21°05’S
,
175°23’W
,
469-520 m
,
21.
VI
.2000
,
1 ♂
cl 30.0 mm (MNHN-Pa 1778). — Stn CP 1640,
Tongatapu
,
21°09’S
,
175°24’W
,
564-569 m
,
21.
VI
.2000
,
2 ♂♂
cl
34.6-35.1 mm
(MNHN- Pa 1777). — Stn CP 1642,
Tongatapu
,
21°05’S
,
175°23’W
,
532 m
,
21.
VI
.2000
,
3 ♂♂
cl 32.0-
34.4 mm
,
2 ♀♀
cl 24.0-
35.2 mm
,
2 juveniles
(MNHN-Pa 1776).
DISTRIBUTION. —
Wallis and Futuna
Islands,
Fiji
,
Vanuatu
,
New Caledonia
,
Australia
,
Philippines
,
Indonesia
;
300-1250 m
(
Galil 2000
).
Polychelidae
(Crustacea,
Decapoda
) from the Pacific
FIG. 3. —
Polycheles alis
n. sp.
, ovigerous ♀ holotype cl 34.7 mm, E of Rapa, BENTHAUS CP 1911:
A
, right third maxilliped;
B
, right pereopod 2;
C
, right pereopod 3;
D
, right pereopod 5. Scale bar: 5 mm.
REMARKS
The SALOMON
1 specimen
of
P. baccatus
agrees with published accounts differing only in having a lower range of lateral carapace spines in the anterior division 8-9:5:22-25 vs. 10-12:4-6:25-26.