Polycheles sculptus

Polycheles sculptus
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Polychelidae
Genus: Polycheles
Species: P. sculptus
Binomial name
Polycheles sculptus
S. I. Smith, 1880 [2]
Synonyms [3]
  • Stereomastis sculpta (Smith, 1880)
  • Pentacheles spinosus A. Milne-Edwards, 1880
  • Pentacheles sculptus Smith, 1882

Polycheles sculptus is a species of "strange, blind crustacean".[3] It has a cosmopolitan distribution in deep water, being found on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, in the Mediterranean Sea, and across much of the Indo-West Pacific,[4] at depths of 200–4,000 metres (660–13,120 ft).[3]

References

  1. ↑ T. Y. Chan (2011). "Stereomastis sculpta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved August 25, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Polycheles sculptus S. I. Smith, 1880". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 25, 2011.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Bella Galil (2000). A. Crosnier, ed. "Crustacea Decapoda: Review of the genera and species of the family Polychelidae Wood-Mason, 1874". Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 21 (184): 285–387.
  4. ↑ Shane T. Ahyong & Tin-Yam Chan (2004). "Polychelid lobsters of Taiwan (Decapoda: Polychelidae)". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52 (1): 171–182.