Polycheles nanus ( Smith, 1884 )
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5393346 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5469379 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D6A24E-FFCB-D25D-B19E-FD8FFE193E15 |
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Polycheles nanus ( Smith, 1884 ) |
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Polycheles nanus ( Smith, 1884) View in CoL
Pentacheles nanus Smith, 1884: 359 View in CoL (type locality: northeastern United States of America, 38°44’N, 72°38’W).
Pentacheles andamanensis Alcock, 1894: 239 View in CoL (type locality: off Cape Comorin, 7°04’N, 76°34’15”E).
Polycheles grimaldii Bouvier, 1905a: 481 View in CoL (type locality: off Senegal, 17°16’N, 19°19’W).
Polycheles nanus View in CoL – Galil 2000: 329-332, fig. 19. — Ahyong & Brown 2002: 71.
MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Solomon Islands. SALOMON 1, stn CP 1755, 8°58.2’S, 159°41.6’E, 1288-1313 m, 26.IX.2001, 1 ♀ cl 20.7 mm.
DISTRIBUTION. — Widely distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific and Atlantic oceans at depths of 300-4000 m ( Galil 2000); reported for the first time from the Solomon Islands.
REMARKS The single specimen agrees well with the most recent published accounts ( Galil 2000; Ahyong & Brown 2002). Lateral carapace spination (6:3:6) is within the reported range (5-6:3:6-7).
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Polycheles nanus ( Smith, 1884 )
| Ahyong, Shane T. & Galil, Bella S. 2006 |
Polycheles nanus
| AHYONG S. T. & BROWN D. E. 2002: 71 |
| GALIL B. S. 2000: 329 |
Polycheles grimaldii
| BOUVIER E. L. 1905: 481 |
Pentacheles andamanensis
| ALCOCK A. 1894: 239 |
Pentacheles nanus
| SMITH S. I. 1884: 359 |