Polycheles baccatus Bate, 1878

Ahyong, Shane T. & Galil, Bella S., 2006, Polychelidae from the southern and western Pacific (Decapoda, Polychelida), Zoosystema 28 (3), pp. 757-767 : 762-763

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5393346
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scientific name	Polycheles baccatus Bate, 1878
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Polycheles baccatus Bate, 1878 View in CoL

Polycheles baccatus Bate, 1878a: 278 View in CoL (type locality: off Matuku Island, Fiji); 1878b:484;1878c:563.— Galil 2000: 317-319. — Ahyong & Brown 2002: 60, figs 4, 6.

Polycheles baccata – Bate 1888: 131, pl. 14, fig. 1.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Solomon Islands. SALO- MON 1, stn CP 1833, 10°11.8’S, 161°18.7’E, 367-533 m, 5.X.2001,1 ♀ cl 23.4 mm.

Fiji. BORDAU 1, stn CP 1461, 18°09’S, 178°48’E, 560 m, 6.III.1999, 1 ♀ cl 41.8 mm (MNHN-Pa 1781).

Tonga. BORDAU 2, stn CP 1556, Nomuka, 20°11’S, 174°45’W, 589-591 m, 7. VI.2000, 4 ♂♂ cl 25.9-34.0 mm, 4 ♀♀ cl 22.9-33.0 mm (MNHN-Pa 1780). — Stn CP 1637, Tongatapu, 21°05’S, 175°23’W, 464-507 m, 21. VI.2000, 1 ♂ cl 22.3 mm, 1 juvenile (MNHN-Pa 1779). — Stn CP 1638, Tongatapu, 21°05’S, 175°23’W, 469-520 m, 21. VI.2000, 1 ♂ cl 30.0 mm (MNHN-Pa 1778). — Stn CP 1640, Tongatapu, 21°09’S, 175°24’W, 564-569 m, 21. VI.2000, 2 ♂♂ cl 34.6-35.1 mm (MNHN- Pa 1777). — Stn CP 1642, Tongatapu, 21°05’S, 175°23’W, 532 m, 21. VI.2000, 3 ♂♂ cl 32.0- 34.4 mm, 2 ♀♀ cl 24.0- 35.2 mm, 2 juveniles (MNHN-Pa 1776).

DISTRIBUTION. — Wallis and Futuna Islands, Fiji, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Australia, Philippines, Indonesia;

300-1250 m ( Galil 2000).

Polychelidae (Crustacea, Decapoda ) from the Pacific

REMARKS

The SALOMON 1 specimen of P. baccatus agrees with published accounts differing only in having a lower range of lateral carapace spines in the anterior division 8-9:5:22-25 vs. 10-12:4-6:25-26.