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
Stereomastis sculpta
(
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, fig.24. —
Ahyong & Brown 2002: 75
, 78. —
Ahyong & Chan 2004: 179
, fig. 3E, G. —
Ahyong & Galil 2006: 765
. —
Boyko 2006: 42
. —
Ahyong 2007: 50
.
Pentacheles spinosus
A. Milne
Edwards, 1880: 66
(
type
locality: W of
Tortugas
, off
Dominica
).
Stereomastis sculpta
–
Griffin & Stoddart 1995: 248
. —
Ahyong 2009: 385
. —
Chan 2010: 162
. —
Hendrickx 2012: 359
.
MATERIAL EXAMINED. — BIOPAPUA, Huon
Gulf
, Stn CP 3638,
07°23’S
,
147°34’E
,
890-895 m
,
23.VIII.2010
,
1 ♂
cl 31.7 mm (MNHN-IU-2011-1303).
DISTRIBUTION. — Worldwide: both sides of the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea; widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific, including
Australia
,
Vanuatu
, and
Fiji
;
200–4000 m
(
Galil 2000
;
Ahyong & Galil 2006
); new record for
PNG
.