Polycheles typhlops

Polycheles typhlops
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Polychelidae
Genus: Polycheles
Species:
P. typhlops
Binomial name
Polycheles typhlops
Synonyms[3]
  • Pentacheles agassizii A. Milne-Edwards, 1880
  • Polycheles doderleini Riggio, 1885
  • Pentacheles hextii Alcock, 1894
  • Polycheles intermedius Balss, 1914

Polycheles typhlops is a species of blind, deep water decapod crustacean with a cosmopolitan distribution. It is "one of the dominant and most characteristic crustaceans in deep-sea communities of the Mediterranean Sea".[4]

  1. ^ Chan, T.Y. (2011). "Polycheles typhlops". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T185026A8352663. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T185026A8352663.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Polycheles typhlops C. Heller, 1862". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved October 4, 2010.
  3. ^ Shane T. Ahyong & Tin-Yam Chan (2008). "Polychelidae from the Bohol and Sulu Seas collected by PANGLAO 2005 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Polychelidae)" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 19: 63–70.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Cabiddu was invoked but never defined (see the help page).