Species list, Checklist of Family Polychelidae ♰ (Blind lobsters) for Brazil (Northern South America)

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Checklist for Family Polychelidae Wood-Mason, 1874 (Blind lobsters)
and region Brazil (Northern South America)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	306 1110 2373	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	304 1107 2372	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	122 496 1310	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	120 490 1294	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	111 447 1177	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Palinura Scholtz & Richter, 1995	3 11 27	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Eryonoidea De Haan, 1841	1 2 4	Family Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Polychelidae ♰ Wood-Mason, 1874 Blind lobsters	2 4	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Brazil
2 Genera with 4 Species

Pentacheles Bate, 1880		1	Species	Taxom
Polycheles Heller, 1862		3	Species	Taxom

Species list for Brazil
4 Species

Pentacheles validus A. Milne-Edw..., 1880
Polycheles nanus (S. I. Smith, 1884)	⇒ Stereomastis nana Smith, 1884
Polycheles sculptus S. I. Smith, 1880
Polycheles typhlops Heller, 1862

Links, sources and further information

Polychelidae at biodiversity.org.au
Polychelidae at gbif.org
Polychelidae at irmng.org
Polychelidae at itis.gov
Polychelidae at marinespecies.org