Decapoda - Polychelida - Polychelidae - Pentacheles

Pentacheles laevis Bate, 1878



World Distribution
(Galil, 2000) - Worldwide, Atlantic, Indian, Pacific Oceans -SW Ireland, Ibero-Morrocan Gulf, Madeira, Canary Is., Azores, Cape Verde Is., Mid-Atlantic bight, southwestern Atlantic, Rio Grande Ridge, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, United States, Bahama Is., Gulf of Panama, Colombia, (east pacific) Galapagos Is., Nazca Ridge, Marquesas Is., Hawaii, Fiji, Wallis & Futuna Is., Vanuatu, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Tasmania, Australia, Indonesia, Molluca Sea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Madagascar; Ahyong & Galil (2006), Austral Is. - Deep (212-2505 m). Includes French Polynesia (Austral, Marquesas).

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Hard bottom (rock and rubbles)

Vertical range : Deep (more than 100 m) - Min-Max observed: 212-2505 m

New Caledonia data
Halipro 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, BT85 — Galil BS, Musorstom 21, 184: 285-387
Halipro 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, BT97 — Galil BS, Musorstom 21, 184: 285-387
Musorstom 5 Nouvelle Caledonie, CP323 — Galil BS, Musorstom 21, 184: 285-387
Musorstom 5 Nouvelle Caledonie, CP324 — Galil BS, Musorstom 21, 184: 285-387
Musorstom 5 Nouvelle Caledonie, DC326 — Galil BS, Musorstom 21, 184: 285-387
Halipro 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, BT69 — Galil BS, Musorstom 21, 184: 285-387
Halipro 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, BT41 — Galil BS, Musorstom 21, 184: 285-387
Bathus 1 Nouvelle Caledonie, CP661 — Galil BS, Musorstom 21, 184: 285-387
Bathus 1 Nouvelle Caledonie, CP651 — Galil BS, Musorstom 21, 184: 285-387
Volsmar Nouvelle Caledonie, CP26 — Galil BS, Musorstom 21, 184: 285-387
Biocal Nouvelle Caledonie, CP54 — Galil BS, Musorstom 21, 184: 285-387
Bathus 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, CP767 — Galil BS, Musorstom 21, 184: 285-387
Bathus 3 Nouvelle Caledonie, CP844 — Galil BS, Musorstom 21, 184: 285-387
Bathus 4 Nouvelle Caledonie, CP951 — Galil BS, Musorstom 21, 184: 285-387
Biocal Nouvelle Caledonie, CP30 — Galil BS, Musorstom 21, 184: 285-387
Halipro 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, BT73 — Galil BS, Musorstom 21, 184: 285-387
Biocal Nouvelle Caledonie, CP32 — Galil BS, Musorstom 21, 184: 285-387
Halipro 1 Nouvelle Caledonie, CP867 — Galil BS, Musorstom 21, 184: 285-387
Biogeocal Nouvelle Caledonie, CP290 — Galil BS, Musorstom 21, 184: 285-387
Halipro 1 Nouvelle Caledonie, CH876 — Galil BS, Musorstom 21, 184: 285-387
Halipro 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, BT101 — Galil BS, Musorstom 21, 184: 285-387
Halipro 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, BT102 — Galil BS, Musorstom 21, 184: 285-387
Halipro 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, BT103 — Galil BS, Musorstom 21, 184: 285-387
Halipro 2 Nouvelle Caledonie, BT104 — Galil BS, Musorstom 21, 184: 285-387
Biocal Nouvelle Caledonie, CP31 — Galil BS, Musorstom 21, 184: 285-387
Halipro 1 Nouvelle Caledonie, CH874 — Galil BS, Musorstom 21, 184: 285-387

Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
EASTER ISLAND - Pentacheles laevis - Galil, 2000: 301 (Nazca ridge, r/v ‘Prof. Mesyatzev’, 1050 m). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Pentacheles laevis Bate, 1878 - Galil, 2000: 301, fig. 7 (MUSORSTOM 9 campaign, Marquesas, Eiao, st. CP 1278, 1000 m (2 females cl = 24.6 and 37.5 mm, MNHN). - Ahyong & Galil, 2006: 758 (coll. BENTHAUS 2002 Expedition, East of Rapa, stn CP1892, 1909, 1910, 1911, 636-1200 m, Tubuai, stn CP1965, 1966, 1957, DW1956, 500-1200 m, Rurutu, stn DW1995, 2010, 212-950 m).
Pentacheles laevis - TARASOC 2009, st. DW3466, -750 m, Moorea - Paris MNHN-IU-2011-3770

Wallis & Futuna data
Musorstom 7 Wallis & Futuna, CP623 #Galil BS, Musorstom 21, 184: 285-387
Musorstom 7 Wallis & Futuna, CP592 #Galil BS, Musorstom 21, 184: 285-387

Other data
Challenger H.M.S Fidji, 174c — Galil BS, Musorstom 21, 184: 285-387
Albatross Indonesie, D5601 — Galil BS, Musorstom 21, 184: 285-387
Challenger H.M.S Indonesie, 214 — Galil BS, Musorstom 21, 184: 285-387
Musorstom 2 Philippines, CP56 — Galil BS, Musorstom 21, 184: 285-387
Albatross Philippines, D5468 — Galil BS, Musorstom 21, 184: 285-387
Albatross Philippines, D5428 — Galil BS, Musorstom 21, 184: 285-387
Benthaus Polynesie, CP1892 — Ahyong S & Galil B.S., Zoosystema 28, 3: 757-767
Benthaus Polynesie, DW2010 — Ahyong S & Galil B.S., Zoosystema 28, 3: 757-767
Benthaus Polynesie, DW1995 — Ahyong S & Galil B.S., Zoosystema 28, 3: 757-767
Benthaus Polynesie, CP1967 — Ahyong S & Galil B.S., Zoosystema 28, 3: 757-767
Benthaus Polynesie, CP1965 — Ahyong S & Galil B.S., Zoosystema 28, 3: 757-767
Benthaus Polynesie, DW1956 — Ahyong S & Galil B.S., Zoosystema 28, 3: 757-767
Benthaus Polynesie, CP1966 — Ahyong S & Galil B.S., Zoosystema 28, 3: 757-767
Benthaus Polynesie, CP1911 — Ahyong S & Galil B.S., Zoosystema 28, 3: 757-767
Benthaus Polynesie, CP1909 — Ahyong S & Galil B.S., Zoosystema 28, 3: 757-767
Benthaus Polynesie, CP1891 — Ahyong S & Galil B.S., Zoosystema 28, 3: 757-767
Benthaus Polynesie, CP1910 — Ahyong S & Galil B.S., Zoosystema 28, 3: 757-767
Musorstom 9 Polynesie, CP1278 — Galil BS, Musorstom 21, 184: 285-387
Taiwan 2001 Taiwan, CD134 — Ahyong ST & Chan TY, The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52, 1: 171-182
Taiwan 2000 Taiwan, CP23 — Ahyong ST & Chan TY, The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52, 1: 171-182
Taiwan 2003 Taiwan, CD214 — Ahyong ST & Chan TY, The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52, 1: 171-182
Taiwan 2003 Taiwan, CD210 — Ahyong ST & Chan TY, The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52, 1: 171-182
Taiwan 2001 Taiwan, CD141 — Ahyong ST & Chan TY, The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52, 1: 171-182
Musorstom 8 Vanuatu, CP990 — Galil BS, Musorstom 21, 184: 285-387
Musorstom 8 Vanuatu, CC996 — Galil BS, Musorstom 21, 184: 285-387
Musorstom 8 Vanuatu, CP956 — Galil BS, Musorstom 21, 184: 285-387
Musorstom 8 Vanuatu, CP1112 — Galil BS, Musorstom 21, 184: 285-387
Musorstom 8 Vanuatu, CP1037 — Galil BS, Musorstom 21, 184: 285-387

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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