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Checklist for Family Polychelidae Wood-Mason, 1874 (Blind lobsters)
and region West Europe (Europe)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
383
1636
4503
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
379
1629
4494
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
172
792
2156
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
171
787
2145
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
155
737
2063
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Palinura
Scholtz & Richter, 1995
4
21
46
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Eryonoidea
De Haan, 1841
2
9
20
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPolychelidae
Wood-Mason, 1874
Blind lobsters
6
16
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for West Europe
6 Genera with 16 Species
Cardus Galil, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Pentacheles Bate, 18804SpeciesTaxom
Polycheles Heller, 18807SpeciesTaxom
Stereomastis Bate, 18803SpeciesTaxom
Willemoesia Grote, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Willemoesiocaris Van Straelen, 19231SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Europe
16 Species and 1 Subspecies
Cardus crucifer Thomson, 1873
Pentacheles laevis Bate, 1878
Pentacheles snyderi Rathbun, 1906
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 granulatus (Faxon, 1893)⇒ Pentacheles laevis Bate, 1878
Polycheles nanus (S. I. Smith, 1884)⇒ Stereomastis nana Smith, 1884
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 grimaldii (Bouvier, 1905)⇒ Stereomastis nana Smith, 1884
Stereomastis nana Smith, 1884
Stereomastis sculpta (Smith, 1880)⇒ Polycheles sculptus S. I. Smith, 1880
Willemoesia leptodactyla Thomson, 1873
Willemoesiocaris ovalis Van Straelen, 1923


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