Biology:Polycheles sculptus
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Short description: Species of crustacean
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| Polycheles sculptus S. I. Smith, 1880 [2]
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Polycheles sculptus is a species of "strange, blind crustacean" resembling a prawn or a squat lobster.[3] It has a cosmopolitan distribution in deep water, being found on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, in the Mediterranean Sea, and across much of the Indo-West Pacific,[4] at depths of 200–4,000 metres (660–13,120 ft).[3]
Gallery
Polycheles sculptus on display
Illustration from Decapoda reptantia of the coasts of Ireland
Stereomastis sculpta (syn. Polycheles sculptus) on display (colors have faded)
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References
- ↑ T. Y. Chan (2011). "Stereomastis sculpta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T185012A8347162. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T185012A8347162.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/185012/8347162.
- ↑ "Polycheles sculptus S. I. Smith, 1880". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=660116. Retrieved August 25, 2011.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Bella Galil (2000). A. Crosnier. ed. "Crustacea Decapoda: Review of the genera and species of the family Polychelidae Wood-Mason, 1874". Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 21 (184): 285–387. http://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/16080/16080.pdf.
- ↑ Shane T. Ahyong; Tin-Yam Chan (2004). "Polychelid lobsters of Taiwan (Decapoda: Polychelidae)". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52 (1): 171–182. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/52/52rbz171-182.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q3933108 entry
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