Polycheles galil Ahyong & Brown, 2002

Ahyong, Shane T. & Chan, Tin-Yam, 2004, Polychelid Lobsters Of Taiwan (Decapoda: Polychelidae), Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52 (1), pp. 171-182 : 176-179

Polycheles galil Ahyong & Brown, 2002

( Figs. 3J, K, 4F )

Polycheles galil , 2002: 56-60, 75, Figs. 2 , 3 A-B [type locality: 258 km NW of Port Hedland , Western Australia, 18º42’S, 116º21’E] .

Material examined. – NE Taiwan: 1 female (cl. 26.3 mm), ( NTOU), 24º28.99’N, 122º12.79’E, 500-1183 m , TAIWAN 2003 CD210, 1 Jun.2003. SW Taiwan: 1 female (cl. 22.2 mm), ( NTOU) 22º12.92’N, 120º25.93’E, 316-477 m , TAIWAN 2001 CD137, 23 Nov.2001; 3 males (cl. 22.7-41.7 mm), 2 females (cl. 22.9-27.9 mm), ( NTOU), 22º13.13’N, 120º20.17’E, 441-789 m , TAIWAN 2001 CD138, 23 Nov.2001 .

Colour in life. – Abdomen pink. Carapace white-pink. Antennae, antennules, pereopods, pleopods, and uropods pink-red.

Remarks. – The Taiwanese specimens agree well with the recent account of the species (Ahyong & Brown, 2002). As indicated by Ahyong & Brown (2002), Pacific and northwestern Australian specimens reported by Galil (2000) as P. phosphorus are referable to P. galil . The most obvious feature distinguishing P. galil from P. phosphorus is the presence of a median antrorse spine on the first five instead of first four abdominal tergites. Ahyong & Brown (2002) lacked colour-in-life data for P. galil , so the species is shown in colour for the first time in Fig. 4 (F, G). The present specimens were collected at 316-789 m depth.

Distribution. – Northwestern Australia to Indonesia, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, the Philippines, Japan and for the first time from Taiwan; 200-1354 m.

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).

Fig. 2. Polycheles amemiyai Yokoya, 1933. A-J, NTOU, female, cl. 25.4 mm. K, NTOU, female, cl. 50.5 mm. L, M, ZRC 2001.0126, male, cl. 49.1 mm. A, anterior carapace, dorsal. B, anterior cephalothorax, right lateral. C, anterior cephalothorax, right ventral. D, antennule, right dorsal. E, maxilliped 3, right. F, pereopod 2, right lateral. G, pereopod 3, right lateral. H, pereopod 4, right lateral. I, pereopod 5, right lateral. J-L, pereopod 5 chela, right internal. Scale A-C, E-I = 4 mm, D, L, K = 2 mm, M = 8 mm.