Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Polychelida - Polychelidae - Polycheles

Polycheles surdus Galil, 2000


Distribution : (Galil, 2000), Ahyong & Galil (2006) - Western Indian Ocean to Australia and southeast Pacific: Réunion, Madagascar, Mozambique, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Hawaii, French Polynesia (Austral, Marquesas), Nazca and Salas y Gómez ridges, 350-1525 m.

Selected Reference(s)
Polycheles surdus. - Galil, B., 2000: 347, fig. 26. - French Polynesia

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Sala y Gomez; Austral (Rapa); Marquesas (Eiao, Nuku Hiva) - Marine; Deep (390-1000m); ?Hard bottom.

Regional Records: EASTER ISLAND - Polycheles surdus Galil, 2000: 347 (Nazca and Salas y Gómez, r/v ‘Prof. Mesyatzev’ and ‘Prof. Stockman’, 545-800 m). - ? Polychelidae sp. - Vereshchaka, 1990: 143 (Seamounts Salas y Gómez and south-western part of Nazca ridge, coll. r/v ‘Prof. Stockman’). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Polycheles surdus - Galil, 2000: 347, fig. 26 (Marquesas MUSORSTOM 9 cruise. St. CP1191, Nuku Hiva, 390-400m, 1 ov. female 35.1 mm, MNHN Pa1688 - see below; st. CP1271, Eiao, 600m; st CP1272, Eiao, 660-680m; st. CP1276, Eiao, 800-805m; st. CP1278, Eiao, 1000m; st. CP1307, Nuku Hiva, 708-738m). - Ahyong & Galil, 2006: 765 (coll. BENTHAUS Expedition, st. CP1891, East of Rapa, 800-850 m). - Stereomastis phosphorus (Alcock, 1894) - Poupin, 1998: 38 (Checklist; from field determination, ov. female 35.1 mm, MNHN Pa1688). Not Polycheles phosphorus (Alcock, 1894) = P. surdus Galil, 2000.

Depth distribution: 390 - 1000 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/