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 Pentacheles laevis Spence Bate, 1878 Pentacheles laevis Spence Bate, 1878a: 278 ( type locality: Moluccas , Indonesia , 4°33’N , 127°06’E ). — Galil 2000: 291, 301, fig. 7. — Ahyong & Brown 2002: 54 , fig. 1A, B. — Ahyong & Chan 2004: 171 , figs 1A-C, 4A; 2008: 64, fig 1A. — Ahyong & Galil 2006: 758 . — Boyko 2006: 39 , figs 1B, 2. — Ahyong 2007: 47 , fig 24B; 2009: 383; 2012: 1. — Poore et al. 2008: 91 , fig. — Chan 2010: 162 . — Hendrickx 2012: 359 . Pentacheles gracilis Spence Bate, 1878b: 279 ( type locality: off Fiji , 19°07.50’S , 178°19.35’E ). Polycheles granulatus Faxon, 1893: 197 ( type locality: off Panama , 4°03’N , 81°31’E ). Pentacheles beaumontii Alcock, 1894: 236 ( type locality: off Colombo, Sri Lanka ). Polycheles dubius Bouvier, 1905a: 480 ( type locality: off the Azores, 44°04’N , 9°81’W). Polycheles eryoniformis Bouvier, 1905b: 644 ( type locality: Madeira). MATERIAL EXAMINED. — BIOPAPUA. West of New Hanover, Stn CP 3653, 02°13’S , 150°23’E , 680-700 m , 25.IX.2010 , 1 ♀ cl 19.6 mm (MNHN- IU-2011-1226). — Feni Island, Stn CP 3762, 03°57’S , 153°49’W , 995-1050 m , 14.X.2010 , 1 ♀ cl 42.4 mm (MNHN-IU-2011-2786). DISTRIBUTION. — Worldwide: Indo-West Pacific, eastern Pacific, western and eastern Atlantic; 212-2505 m ( Galil 2000 ; Ahyong & Galil 2006 ); new record for PNG .