WoRMS taxon details
Pentacheles validus A. Milne-Edwards, 1880
238403 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:238403)
accepted
Species
Pentacheles debilis Smith, 1884 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Polycheles chilensis Sund, 1920 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Polycheles demani Stebbing, 1917 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Polycheles validus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Milne-Edwards, A. (1880). Reports on the results of dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea,1877, '78, '79, by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N. commanding VIII. Études préliminaires sur les Crustacés. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 8(2): 1-68, pls. 1-2. [details] 
Holotype MCZ 4041, geounit Bahamian
, Type locality contained in Netherlands Antilles
Holotype MCZ 4041, geounit Bahamian [details]
type locality contained in Netherlands Antilles [details]
Depth range Deep (more than 100 m)
Depth range Deep (more than 100 m) [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Pentacheles validus A. Milne-Edwards, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=238403 on 2025-04-07
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Nomenclature
original description
Milne-Edwards, A. (1880). Reports on the results of dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea,1877, '78, '79, by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N. commanding VIII. Études préliminaires sur les Crustacés. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 8(2): 1-68, pls. 1-2. [details]
original description (of Polycheles demani Stebbing, 1917) Stebbing, T.R.R. (1917). South African Crustacea. Part IX of S.A. Crustacea, for the Marine Investigations in South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum. 17: 23-46. Pls. 1-8., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.22312 [details]
original description (of Polycheles chilensis Sund, 1920) Sund, O. (1920). The “Challenger” Eryonidea (Crustacea). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 9. 6: 220-226. [details]
original description (of Pentacheles debilis Smith, 1884) Smith, S.I. (1884). Report on the decapod Crustacea of the Albatross dredgings off the east coast of the United States in 1883. In: Report of the Commissioner for 1882. Part X. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Washington D.C., pp. 345-426, pls. 1-10. [details]
basis of record Galil, B.S. (2000). Crustacea Decapoda: review of the genera and species of the family Polychelidae Wood-Mason, 1874. In: Crosnier, A. (ed.) (2000). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Volume 21. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, A (Zoologie). 184: 285–387. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Polycheles demani Stebbing, 1917) Stebbing, T.R.R. (1917). South African Crustacea. Part IX of S.A. Crustacea, for the Marine Investigations in South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum. 17: 23-46. Pls. 1-8., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.22312 [details]
original description (of Polycheles chilensis Sund, 1920) Sund, O. (1920). The “Challenger” Eryonidea (Crustacea). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 9. 6: 220-226. [details]
original description (of Pentacheles debilis Smith, 1884) Smith, S.I. (1884). Report on the decapod Crustacea of the Albatross dredgings off the east coast of the United States in 1883. In: Report of the Commissioner for 1882. Part X. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Washington D.C., pp. 345-426, pls. 1-10. [details]
basis of record Galil, B.S. (2000). Crustacea Decapoda: review of the genera and species of the family Polychelidae Wood-Mason, 1874. In: Crosnier, A. (ed.) (2000). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Volume 21. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, A (Zoologie). 184: 285–387. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Felder, D. L., Álvarez. F.,Goy, J.W. & Lemaitre, R. (2009). Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with comments on the Amphionidacea,. Felder, D.L., and Camp, D.K. (eds), Gulf of Mexico - Origins, Waters, and Biota. Vol. 1. Biodiversity. Pp. 1019–1104 (Texas A&M University Press: College Station, Texas)., available online at http://biogomx.net/sites/default/files/pdfs/chapters/59-Felder%20et%20al%202009-Decapoda%20of%20the%20GoMx.pdf [details]
additional source Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Felder, D. L., Álvarez. F.,Goy, J.W. & Lemaitre, R. (2009). Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with comments on the Amphionidacea,. Felder, D.L., and Camp, D.K. (eds), Gulf of Mexico - Origins, Waters, and Biota. Vol. 1. Biodiversity. Pp. 1019–1104 (Texas A&M University Press: College Station, Texas)., available online at http://biogomx.net/sites/default/files/pdfs/chapters/59-Felder%20et%20al%202009-Decapoda%20of%20the%20GoMx.pdf [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
- Type locality
- type locality contained in Netherlands Antilles [details]
- Unreviewed
- Bay of Biscay
- Caribbean Sea
- Dominica
- Gulf of Mexico
- Ireland
- Mauritania
- Morocco
- New Zealand
- North Atlantic Ocean
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- South Africa
- South Pacific Ocean
- (no group)
Holotype MCZ 4041, geounit Bahamian [details]
Unknown type (of Pentacheles debilis Smith, 1884), geounit Gulf of Maine/Bay of Fundy [details]
Unreviewed
Depth range Deep (more than 100 m) [details]Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Habitat Soft bottom (mud or sand) [details]
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Polycheles demani Stebbing, 1917)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Polycheles validus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To CRUSTA
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pentacheles validus)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 30 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Polycheles validus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (18 records) (from synonym Polycheles validus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records) (from synonym Polycheles demani Stebbing, 1917)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Polycheles demani Stebbing, 1917)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Polycheles validus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To CRUSTA
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pentacheles validus)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 30 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Polycheles validus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (18 records) (from synonym Polycheles validus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records) (from synonym Polycheles demani Stebbing, 1917)
To ITIS