Polycheles suhmi ( Bate, 1878 )

Ahyong, Shane T., 2007, Decapod Crustacea collected by the NORFANZ Expedition: Galatheidae and Polychelidae, Zootaxa 1593, pp. 1-54 : 51

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scientific name	Polycheles suhmi ( Bate, 1878 )
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Polycheles suhmi ( Bate, 1878) View in CoL

Pentacheles suhmi Bate, 1878: 278 View in CoL [type locality: Gulf of Penas, Chile, 47°48’S, 74°46’W]. Stereomastis suhmi . — Bate 1888: 154, figs. 13, 37–38, pl. 15: figs. 3, 4. — Griffin & Stoddart 1995: 249, figs. 12–15. — Takeda in Amaoka et al. 1990: 358.

Polycheles suhmi View in CoL . — Galil 2000: 344 –346, fig. 25. — Ahyong & Brown 2002: 75, 77.

Material examined. West Norfolk Ridge: AM P66165, 1 female (14.1 mm), 32°36.30’S, 167°47.44’E, 1008– 1029 m, TAN0308/111 #008, 29 May 2003; AM P66306, 1 male (15.4 mm), 35°10.27’S, 169°29.24’E, 867– 869 m, TAN0308/158 #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, TAN0308/89 #005, 26 May 2003.

Remarks. Carapace spination (5–6, 2, 8) is within the reported range ( Galil 2000).

Distribution. Southern Pacific and Atlantic oceans, and Southern Ocean ( South Africa, Chile, New Zealand, and Australia); 292–2195 m ( Galil 2000).