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 surdus Galil, 2000 Polycheles surdus Galil, 2000: 347-349 , fig. 26 ( type locality: off Mozambique , 18°14’S , 37°31’E ). — Ahyong & Brown 2002: 75-76 . MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Austral Islands. BENTHAUS, stn CP 1891, E of Rapa, 27°37.1’S , 144°15.4’W , 800- 850 m , 7.XI.2002 , 1 ♂ cl 44.3 mm . — Stn CP 1892, E of Rapa, 27°38.8’S , 144°15.6’W , 742-1000 m , 7.XI.2002 , 1 ♀ cl 23.1 mm . — Stn CP 1967, Tubuai, 23°21.4’S , 149°34.2’W , 600-1200 m , 19.XI.2002 , 2 ♀♀ cl 19.2- 24.0 mm. DISTRIBUTION. — Western Indian Ocean to Australia , New Zealand , New Caledonia , Hawaii, the Nazca Ridge, French Polynesia , and for the first time from the Austral Islands; 350-1525 m ( Galil 2000 ). REMARKS The lateral carapace spination of the present series, 6:3-4:11-12, is within the reported range ( Galil 2000 ). Polycheles surdus from the Marquesas archipelago, French Polynesia , is figured in colour at http://biomar.free.fr/polycheles_auriculatus. html.