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 suhmi
(
Bate, 1878
)
Pentacheles suhmi
Bate, 1878
: 278
[
type
locality: Gulf of Penas,
Chile
,
47°48’S
,
74°46’W
].
Stereomastis suhmi
. —
Bate 1888
: 154
, figs. 13, 37–38, pl. 15: figs. 3, 4. —
Griffin & Stoddart 1995
: 249
, figs. 12–15. — Takeda
in
Amaoka
et al.
1990
: 358
.
Polycheles suhmi
. —
Galil 2000
: 344
–346, fig. 25. —
Ahyong & Brown 2002
: 75
, 77.
Material examined.
West
Norfolk
Ridge:
AM P66165,
1 female
(
14.1 mm
),
32°36.30’S
,
167°47.44’E
,
1008– 1029 m
, TAN0308/111 #008,
29 May 2003
; AM P66306,
1 male
(
15.4 mm
),
35°10.27’S
,
169°29.24’E
,
867– 869 m
, TAN0308/158 #011,
4 Jun 2003
.
Lord Howe Rise:
NIWA
28058,
1 male
(
18.8 mm
),
34°12.18’S
,
162°41.18’E
,
748–772 m
, TAN0308/89 #005,
26 May 2003
.
Remarks.
Carapace spination (5–6, 2, 8) is within the reported range (
Galil 2000
).
Distribution.
Southern Pacific and Atlantic oceans, and Southern Ocean (
South Africa
,
Chile
,
New Zealand
, and
Australia
);
292–2195 m
(
Galil 2000
).