Polycheles suhmi (Bate 1878) Bate 1878
- Dataset
- Decapod Crustacea collected by the NORFANZ Expedition: Galatheidae and Polychelidae
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Malacostraca
- order
- Decapoda
- family
- Polychelidae
- genus
- Polycheles
- species
- Polycheles suhmi
discussion
Remarks. Carapace spination (5 – 6, 2, 8) is within the reported range (Galil 2000).
distribution
Distribution. Southern Pacific and Atlantic oceans, and Southern Ocean (South Africa, Chile, New Zealand, and Australia); 292 – 2195 m (Galil 2000).
materials_examined
Material examined. West Norfolk Ridge: AM P 66165, 1 female (14.1 mm), 32 ° 36.30 ’ S, 167 ° 47.44 ’ E, 1008 – 1029 m, TAN 0308 / 111 # 008, 29 May 2003; AM P 66306, 1 male (15.4 mm), 35 ° 10.27 ’ S, 169 ° 29.24 ’ E, 867 – 869 m, TAN 0308 / 158 # 011, 4 Jun 2003. Lord Howe Rise: NIWA 28058, 1 male (18.8 mm), 34 ° 12.18 ’ S, 162 ° 41.18 ’ E, 748 – 772 m, TAN 0308 / 89 # 005, 26 May 2003.