Decapod Crustacea collected by the NORFANZ Expedition: Galatheidae and Polychelidae Author Ahyong, Shane T. text Zootaxa 2007 1593 1 54 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.178624 7466bbb6-f889-4e40-b22d-e3aee96f9acb 1175-5326 178624 Polycheles sculptus Smith, 1880 Polycheles sculptus Smith, 1880 : 346 , pl. 7 figs. 1–6 [ type locality: off Nova Scotia , Canada , 43º10’N , 61º20’W ]. — Galil 2000 : 292, 340–344, fig. 24. — Ahyong & Brown 2002 : 75, 78. — Ahyong & Chan 2004 : 179, fig. 3E, G. Pentacheles spinosus A. Milne Edwards, 1880 : 66 [ type locality: W of Tortugas , off Dominica ]. Stereomastis sculpta . — Griffin & Stoddart 1995 : 248. Material examined. West Norfolk Ridge: AM P66162, 1 female ( 46.9 mm ), 33°46.55’S , 167°29.28’E , 1431– 1460 , TAN0308/103 #016, 29 May 2003 . Lord Howe Rise: AM P66152, 1 female ( 21.7 mm ), 32°11.59’S , 160°51.66’E , 1342–1361 m , TAN0308/ 72, 24 May 2003 ; NIWA 28059, 1 female ( 26.1 mm ), 32°39.33’S , 162°33.11’E , 864–879 m , TAN0308/78 #025, 25 May 2003 . Remarks. Carapace spination of the present specimens is within the reported range ( Galil 2000 , Ahyong & Chan 2004 ): gastric spines 5, branchial spines 5 or 6, lateral carapace spination 6–7: 3–4: 6–7. Distribution. Worldwide: both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, including the Mediterranean Sea, and widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific including Vanuatu , Australia , and New Zealand ; 200–4000 m ( Galil 2000 ).