Polycheles sculptus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Family: | Polychelidae |
Genus: | Polycheles |
Species: | P. sculptus |
Binomial name | |
Polycheles sculptus S. I. Smith, 1880 |
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Polycheles sculptus is a species of "strange, blind crustacean". It has a cosmopolitan distribution in deep water, being found on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, in the Mediterranean Sea, and across much of the Indo-West Pacific, at depths of 200–4,000 metres (660–13,120 ft).