Polychelidae

The collection of deep-sea blind lobsters (Polychelidae), comprising eight species in three genera: Pentacheles Spence Bate, 1878… (More)

– Polychelids collected by joint Taiwanese/French deepwater trawling around Taiwan are reported. Nine species in two genera of… (More)

Stereomastis nana was the most abundant species of Polychelidae collected by otter trawl on the continental slope of the Middle… (More)

 

Two new species and a new record of Polycheles are reported from Australia together with notes on the distribution of species… (More)

..............................................................................................................................................................................2 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Materials and methods ........................................................................................................................................................ 2 SYSTEMATICS.................................................................................................................................................................. 3 Galatheidae Samouelle, 1819 ..............................................................................................................................................3 Munidopsinae Ortmann, 1898 .............................................................................................................................................3 Galacantha quiquei Macpherson, 2007 .......................................................................................................................3 Galacantha rostrata A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 ............................................................................................................ 4 Munidopsis bractea sp. nov. .........................................................................................................................................5 Munidopsis norfanz sp. nov. ........................................................................................................................................7 Munidopsis treis Ahyong & Poore, 2004 ...................................................................................................................10 Galatheinae Samouelle, 1819 ............................................................................................................................................11 Agononida eminens (Baba, 1988) ..............................................................................................................................11 Agononida marini (Macpherson, 1994) ..................................................................................................................... 11 Agononida nielbrucei Vereshchaka, 2005 ..................................................................................................................11 Agononida procera Ahyong & Poore, 2004 .............................................................................................................. 13 Allogalathea elegans (Adams & White, 1848) ..........................................................................................................13 Galathea tanegashimae Baba, 1969 .......................................................................................................................... 14 Leiogalathea laevirostris (Balss, 1913) ..................................................................................................................... 14 Munida acacia sp. nov. ..............................................................................................................................................15 Munida cerisa sp. nov. ...............................................................................................................................................19 Munida collier sp. nov. ..............................................................................................................................................22 Munida endeavourae Ahyong & Poore, 2004 ...........................................................................................................25 Munida exilis sp. nov. ................................................................................................................................................25 Munida howensis sp. nov. ..........................................................................................................................................28 Munida isos Ahyong & Poore, 2004 ..........................................................................................................................31 Munida icela sp. nov. .................................................................................................................................................31 Munida redacta sp. nov. ............................................................................................................................................34 Munida rubrimana sp. nov. .......................................................................................................................................36 Munida tangaroa sp. nov. ..........................................................................................................................................38 Paramunida labis Macpherson, 1996 ........................................................................................................................ 41 Phylladiorhynchus cf. pusillus (Henderson, 1885) ....................................................................................................42 Phylladiorhynchus integrirostis .................................................................................................................................42 Tasmanida gen. nov. ..................................................................................................................................................43 Tasmanida norfolkae sp. nov. ....................................................................................................................................45 Polychelidae Wood-Mason, 1874 .....................................................................................................................................47 Pentacheles laevis Bate, 1878.................................................................................................................................... 47 

Deep-sea blind lobsters (Polychelidae) from Fiji, Tonga, the Solomon Islands, and Austral Islands are studied. We report the fi… (More)

The polychelids are large, uncommon, primitive decapods that inhabit the depths of the world oceans down to 5000 m, between… (More)

—Decapod crustaceans bearing major claws with long, slender fingers armed with pectinate (comblike) denticles have been described… (More)

Twenty-three species of deep-water lobsters in the families Nephropidae, Palinuridae, Polychelidae and Scyllaridae are recorded… (More)