Polycheles aculeatus Galil, 2000

Ahyong, Shane T. & Chan, Tin-Yam, 2004, Polychelid Lobsters Of Taiwan (Decapoda: Polychelidae), Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52 (1), pp. 171-182 : 173

Polycheles aculeatus Galil, 2000

( Figs. 3D, 4B )

Pentacheles aculeatus Galil, 2000: 312-315 [type locality: New Caledonia, 22º35.6’S, 166º26.2’E].

Material examined. – Tai-Shi fishing port, I-Lan County, NE Taiwan: 1 male (cl. 34.6 mm), ( NTOU), commercial trawler, coll. C.W. Lin, 6 May.2003 .

Remarks. – The single specimen agrees well with the type description ( Galil, 2000) differing only in having a 6-7: 3-4: 11 instead of 6-7: 3: 8-10 lateral carapace spines, and 5-6 instead of 6-7 branchial spines.

Distribution. – Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Lifou, Indonesia, Western and Eastern Australia, the East China Sea and for the first time from Taiwan; 144-1053 m ( Galil, 2000).

Figures

Fig. 4. A, Pentacheles laevis Bate, 1878 (TAIWAN 2000 stn CP 23, female cl. 27 mm). B, Polycheles aculeatus Galil, 2000 (Tai-Shi fishing port, 1 male cl. 34.6 mm). C, Polycheles amemiyai Yokoya, 1933 (Tai-Shi fishing port, ovigerous female cl. 63.4 mm). D, Polycheles auriculatus (Bate, 1878) (TAIWAN 2000 stn CP 61, male cl. 15.0 mm). E. Polycheles coccifer Galil, 2000 (Tai-Shi fishing port, male cl. 33.5 mm). F, Polycheles galil Ahyong & Brown, 2002 (TAIWAN 2001 stn CD 138, male cl. 41.7 mm). G, Polycheles helleri Bate, 1878 (TAIWAN 2001 stn CP 125, ovigerous female cl. 50.0 mm). H, Polycheles typhlops Heller, 1862 (Tai-Shi fishing port, ovigerous female cl. 54.3 mm).