Polycheles

Polycheles
Polycheles typhlops
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Family:	Polychelidae
Genus:	Polycheles Sars, 1882
Type species
Polycheles typhlops Heller, 1862

Polycheles is a genus of decapods within the family Polychelidae, with 9 current species assigned to it.[1] Members of this genus are found in oceans worldwide at depths of 665 to 938 meters.[2]

Species

• Polycheles amemiyai Yokoya, 1933
• Polycheles baccatus Spence Bate, 1878
• Polycheles coccifer Galil, 2000
• Polycheles enthrix (Spence Bate, 1878)
• Polycheles kermadecensis (Sund, 1920)
• Polycheles martini Ahyong & Brown, 2002
• Polycheles perarmatus Holthuis, 1952
• Polycheles tanneri Faxon, 1893
• Polycheles typhlops Heller, 1862

References

1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Polycheles Heller, 1862". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
2. "Polycheles Heller 1862 - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2023-02-02.