Polycheles

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Eucarida
Ordo: Decapoda
Subordo: Pleocyemata
Infraordo: Polychelida
Familia: Polychelidae
Genus: Polycheles
Species: P. amemiyai – P. baccatus – P. coccifer – P. enthrix – P. kermadecensis – P. martini – P. perarmatus – P. tanneri – P. typhlops
Name

Polycheles Heller, 1862

Type species:
References
Additional references

Forest, J. 1987. Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 3. Les Pylochelidae ou "Pagures symétriques" (Crustacea Coenobitoidea). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie 137. full article (PDF). Reference page.

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

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