Polycheles martini Ahyong & Brown, 2002

Ahyong, Shane T. & Galil, Bella S., 2006, Polychelidae from the southern and western Pacific (Decapoda, Polychelida), Zoosystema 28 (3), pp. 757-767 : 764-765

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5393346
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scientific name	Polycheles martini Ahyong & Brown, 2002
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Polycheles martini Ahyong & Brown, 2002 View in CoL

Polycheles martini Ahyong & Brown, 2002: 60-65 View in CoL , figs 4, 5 (type locality: NE of Sugarloaf Point, New South Wales, Australia, 32°22.17’S, 152°58.01’E).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Tonga. BORDAU 2, stn CH 1620, 24°18’S, 176°20’W, 572 m, 18. VI.2000, 1 ♂ cl 33.1 mm (MNHN-Pa 1786). — Stn CH 1621, 24°19’S, 176°23’W, 570-573 m, 18. VI.2000, 1 ♂ cl 27.0 mm, 1 ovigerous ♀ cl 40.5 mm, 1 juvenile (MNHN-Pa 1785). — Stn CH 1622, 24°20’S, 176°22’W, 569-573 m, 18. VI.2000, ♂ cl 33.6 mm (MNHN-Pa 1757).

DISTRIBUTION. — Eastern Australia and now from Tonga;

256-573 m ( Ahyong & Brown 2002; this study). REMARKS

The specimens of P. martini from Tonga agree well with the type material from Eastern Australia including carapace spination. The Australian specimens were collected between 256 and 477 m, so the capture of the Tongan specimens at 569-573 m extends the bathymetric range by almost 100 m.