MSBIAS taxon details
Polychelidae Wood-Mason, 1874
106793 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106793)
accepted
Family
Polycheles Heller, 1862 (type by monotypy)
- Subfamily Polychelinae Wood-Mason, 1874
- Genus Pentacheles Spence Bate, 1878
- Genus Polycheles Heller, 1862
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Wood-Mason, J. (1874). [...on Blind Crustacea]. <em>Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 1874: 180-181. [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Polychelidae Wood-Mason, 1874. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025) Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106793 on 2025-03-20
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025). Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Polychelidae Wood-Mason, 1874. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106793 on 2025-03-20
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Wood-Mason, J. (1874). [...on Blind Crustacea]. <em>Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 1874: 180-181. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Moscoso, V. (2012). Catálogo de crustáceos decápodos y estomatópodos del Perú. <em>Boletín Instituto del Mar del Perú.</em> 27(1-2): 8-207., available online at https://repositorio.imarpe.gob.pe/handle/20.500.12958/2190 [details]
basis of record Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source 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
additional source Chan, T.-Y. (2010). Annotated Checklist of the World's Marine Lobsters (Crustacea: Decapoda: Astacidea, Glypheidea, Achelata, Polychelida). <em>Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.</em> Suppl. 23: 153–181. [details] Available for editors
additional source Ahyong, S.T. (2009). The polychelidan lobsters: phylogeny and systematics (Polychelida: Polychelidae). <em>Crustacean Issues.</em> 18: 369–396., available online at https://doi.org/10.1201/9781420092592-c19 [details] Available for editors
context source (PeRMS) Moscoso, V. (2012). Catálogo de crustáceos decápodos y estomatópodos del Perú. <em>Boletín Instituto del Mar del Perú.</em> 27(1-2): 8-207., available online at https://repositorio.imarpe.gob.pe/handle/20.500.12958/2190 [details]
basis of record Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source 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
additional source Chan, T.-Y. (2010). Annotated Checklist of the World's Marine Lobsters (Crustacea: Decapoda: Astacidea, Glypheidea, Achelata, Polychelida). <em>Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.</em> Suppl. 23: 153–181. [details] Available for editors
additional source Ahyong, S.T. (2009). The polychelidan lobsters: phylogeny and systematics (Polychelida: Polychelidae). <em>Crustacean Issues.</em> 18: 369–396., available online at https://doi.org/10.1201/9781420092592-c19 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
