Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Polychelida - Polychelidae - Pentacheles

Pentacheles laevis Bate, 1878


Distribution : (Galil, 2002) - Worldwide, Atlantic, Indian, Pacific Oceans -SW Ireland, Ibero-Morrocan Gulf, Madeira, Canary Is., Azores, Cape Verde Is., Mid-Atlantic bight, southwestern Atlantic, Rio Grande Ridge, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, United States, Bahama Is., Gulf of Panama, Colombia, (east pacific) Galapagos Is., Nazca Ridge, Marquesas Is., Hawaii, Fiji, Wallis & Futuna Is., Vanuatu, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Tasmania, Australia, Indonesia, Molluca Sea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Madagascar; Ahyong & Galil (2006), Austral Is. - Deep (212-2505 m).

Selected Reference(s)
Pentacheles laevis. - Galil, B., 2000: 301, fig. 7. - French Polynesia
Pentacheles laevis. - Ahyong, S. T. and Galil, B. S., 2006: 758. - French Polynesia

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Sala y Gomez; Australs (Rapa, Rurutu, Tubuai); Marquesas (Eiao) - Marine; Deep (212-1200 m); ?Hard bottom.

Regional Records: EASTER ISLAND - Pentacheles laevis - Galil, 2000: 301 (Nazca ridge, r/v ‘Prof. Mesyatzev’, 1050 m). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Pentacheles laevis Bate, 1878 - Galil, 2000: 301, fig. 7 (MUSORSTOM 9 campaign, Marquesas, Eiao, st. CP 1278, 1000 m (2 females cl = 24.6 and 37.5 mm, MNHN). - Ahyong & Galil, 2006: 758 (coll. BENTHAUS 2002 Expedition, East of Rapa, stn CP1892, 1909, 1910, 1911, 636-1200 m, Tubuai, stn CP1965, 1966, 1957, DW1956, 500-1200 m, Rurutu, stn DW1995, 2010, 212-950 m).

Depth distribution: 212 - 1200 m

References : compilation of references cited in Poupin (1996, 1998, 2003) and Poupin et al. (2009) - PDF 412 Ko
Since November 2012, this database is updated in CRUSTA database - http://crustiesfroverseas.free.fr/