Decanet taxon details
Pentacheles obscurus Spence Bate, 1878
382980 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382980)
accepted
Species
Pentacheles carpenteri Alcock, 1894 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Polycheles carpenteri (Alcock, 1894) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Polycheles obscurus (Spence Bate, 1878) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Bate, C. S. (1878). XXXII. On the <i>Willemoesia</i> Group of Crustacea. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (series 5)2: 273–283, pl. 13. [details] 
Type locality contained in New Guinea
type locality contained in New Guinea [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Pentacheles obscurus Spence Bate, 1878. Accessed at: https://www.decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382980 on 2025-09-12
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original description
Bate, C. S. (1878). XXXII. On the <i>Willemoesia</i> Group of Crustacea. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (series 5)2: 273–283, pl. 13. [details]
original description (of Pentacheles carpenteri Alcock, 1894) Alcock, A. (1894). XXV.— Natural history notes from H.M. Indian marine survey steamer 'Investigator,' Commander R.F. Hoskyn, R.N., Commanding .—Series II., No. 1. On the results of deep-sea dredging during the season 1890–91 (cont.) [part 1]. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 6.</em> 13: 225-245., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939408677694 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
source of synonymy 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. <em>Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, A (Zoologie).</em> 184: 285–387. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
original description (of Pentacheles carpenteri Alcock, 1894) Alcock, A. (1894). XXV.— Natural history notes from H.M. Indian marine survey steamer 'Investigator,' Commander R.F. Hoskyn, R.N., Commanding .—Series II., No. 1. On the results of deep-sea dredging during the season 1890–91 (cont.) [part 1]. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 6.</em> 13: 225-245., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939408677694 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
source of synonymy 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. <em>Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, A (Zoologie).</em> 184: 285–387. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality