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Stereomastis sculpta

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 
Synonyms 
  • Stereomastis sculpta (Smith, 1880)
  • Pentacheles spinosus A. Milne-Edwards, 1880
  • Pentacheles sculptus Smith, 1882

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).



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