Polycheles typhlops Heller, 1862

Galil, Bella S., 2013, On a collection of Polychelidae from Papua New Guinea (Crustacea, Decapoda, Polychelida), Zoosystema 35 (4), pp. 495-502 : 497-498

Polycheles typhlops Heller, 1862

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Polycheles typhlops Heller, 1862: 392 , pl. 1, figs 1-6 (type locality:off Sicily). — Galil 2000: 354, fig. 30. — Ahyong & Chan 2004: 179 , figs 1D-F, 4H, 5A, B; 2008: 64, fig 1C. — Ahyong & Galil 2006: 765 . — Boyko 2006: 44. — Poore et al. 2008: 91. — Ahyong 2009: 383. — Chan 2010: 162.

Pentacheles agassizii A. Milne-Edwards, 1880: 65 (type locality: off Grenada).

Polycheles doderleini Riggio, 1885: 103 , pl. 3, figs 1-5 (type locality: Palermo).

Pentacheles hextii Alcock, 1894: 237 (type locality: Andaman Sea).

Polycheles intermedius Balss, 1914: 599 (type locality: between Iceland and the Hebrides).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — BIOPAPUA, Huon Gulf, Stn CP 3633, 06°54’S, 147°05’E, 395-406 m, 22.VIII.2010, 1 ♂ cl 39.7 mm (MNHN-IU-2011-1486). — Huon Gulf, Stn CP 3635, 07°29’S, 147°33’E, 280-302 m, 23.VIII.2010, 2 ♂♂ cl 44.8, 34.8 mm, 1 ♀ cl 49.9 mm (MNHN- IU-2011-1496). — Huon Gulf, Stn CP 3637, 07°25’S, 147°30’E, 608-615 m, 23.VIII.2010, 1 ♀ cl 27.9 mm, 2 juveniles (MNHN-IU-2013-7010). — Kimbe Bay, Stn CP 3679, 05°21’S, 150°45’E, 490-715 m, 25.IX.2010, 1 ♂ cl 21.6 mm (MNHN-IU-2013-7001). — Madang, Stn CP 3707, 04°59’S, 145°50’E, 460-466 m, 2.X.2010, 1 ♂ cl 44.1 mm, 1 ♀ cl 56.4 mm (MNHN- IU-2011-2715). — Astrolabe Bay, Stn CP 3711, 05°23’S, 145°48’E, 434-447 m, 5.X.2010, 1 ♂ cl 23.0 mm, 1 ♀ cl 41.2 mm (MNHN-IU-2011-2052). — Mambare Bay, Stn CP 3729, 07°52’S, 148°03’E, 575-655 m, 8.X.2010, 1 ♀ cl 21.1 mm (MNHN-IU-2013-7008). — Jacquinot Bay, Stn CP 3774, 05°35’S, 151°35’E, 470-680 m, 16.X.2010, 1♂ cl 42.5 mm (MNHN-IU-2011-2803).

DISTRIBUTION. — Widespread throughout the Indo-West Pacific and both sides of the Atlantic, known from the Solomon Islands and Fiji; 77-2055 m ( Galil 2000; Ahyong & Galil 2006); new record for PNG.

REMARKS As in specimens from Solomon Islands and Fiji ( Ahyong & Galil 2006), the present specimens of P. typhlops possess heavily granulated abdominal tergites.

Figures

FIG. 1. — A, Polycheles coccifer Galil, 2000, Stn CP 3645, male, cl 39.1 mm, MNHN-IU-2011-5084; B, Polycheles typhlops Heller, 1862,Stn CP 3774,male,cl 42.5 mm,MNHN-IU-2011-2803;C, Stereomastis auriculata (Spence Bate,1878),Stn CP 3638,female ovi., cl 54.7 mm,MNHN-IU-2011-3229;D, Stereomastis galil (Ahyong & Brown,2002),Stn CP 3650,male,cl 23.5 mm,MNHN-IU-2011-2807. Photographs by Tin-Yam Chan and Ruei Yi Lee, edited for publication by Oz Rittner.