Checklist for Family Polychelidae Wood-Mason, 1874 (Blind lobsters)
and region Caribbean (America)
Class
| Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans | 337
1476
3860 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
| 334
1471
3855 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Eucarida
Calman, 1904
| 142
796
2403 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns | 140
790
2381 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
| 131
743
2233 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Palinura
Scholtz & Richter, 1995
| 3
18
55 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Eryonoidea
De Haan, 1841
| 1
5
17 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Polychelidae ♰
Wood-Mason, 1874
Blind lobsters | 5
17 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Caribbean
5 Genera with 17 Species
Species list for Caribbean
17 Species and 2 Subspecies | Cardus crucifer Thomson, 1873 | | | Pentacheles agassizii (C. Heller, 1862) | ⇒ Polycheles typhlops Heller, 1862 | | Pentacheles laevis Bate, 1878 | | | Pentacheles spinosus (A. Milne Edw..., 1880) | ⇒ Polycheles sculptus S. I. Smith, 1880 | | Pentacheles validus A. Milne-Edw..., 1880 | | | Polycheles crucifer (Thomson, 1873) | ⇒ Cardus crucifer Thomson, 1873 | | Polycheles crucifera Thomson, 1873 | | | Polycheles dubius (Bouvier, 1905) | ⇒ Pentacheles laevis Bate, 1878 | | Polycheles nanus (S. I. Smith, 1884) | ⇒ Stereomastis nana Smith, 1884 | | Polycheles pacificus Faxon, 1893 | | | Polycheles sculptus S. I. Smith, 1880 | | | Polycheles typhlops Heller, 1862 | | | Polycheles typhlops typhlops Heller, 1862 | | | Polycheles validus (A. Milne-Edw..., 1880) | ⇒ Pentacheles validus A. Milne-Edw..., 1880 | | Stereomastis nana Smith, 1884 | | | Stereomastis sculpta (Smith, 1880) | ⇒ Polycheles sculptus S. I. Smith, 1880 | | Stereomastis sculpta sculpta Smith, 1880 | | | Willemoesia forceps A. Milne-Edw..., 1880 | | | Willemoesia leptodactyla Thomson, 1873 | |
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
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