On a collection of Polychelidae from Papua New Guinea (Crustacea, Decapoda, Polychelida)

Bella S. Galil

doi:10.5252/z2013n4a4

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Bella S. Galil¹

¹National Institute of Oceanography, Israel Oceanographic & Limnological Research, P.O.B. 8030, Haifa

Abstract

The collection of deep-sea blind lobsters (Polychelidae), comprising eight species in three genera: Pentacheles Spence Bate, 1878, Polycheles Heller, 1862, and Stereomastis Spence Bate, 1888, is significant for although these species had been recorded in adjacent regions, prior to the BIOPAPUA expedition they have not been recorded from the Bismarck and western Solomon seas. The feasibility of seabed ore mining adds a sense of urgency to the exploration and analysis of the benthic biodiversity of a unique, barely explored region up for destructive exploitation.

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Bella S. Galil "On a collection of Polychelidae from Papua New Guinea (Crustacea, Decapoda, Polychelida)," Zoosystema 35(4), 495-502, (1 December 2013). https://doi.org/10.5252/z2013n4a4

Received: 10 June 2013; Accepted: 13 September 2013; Published: 1 December 2013