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Polycheles
Genus of crustaceans
Polycheles is a genus of decapods within the family Polychelidae, with 9 current species assigned to it. Members of this genus are found in oceans worldwide at depths of 665 to 938 meters.
01Species
- Polycheles amemiyai Yokoya, 1933
- Polycheles baccatus Spence Bate, 1878
- Polycheles coccifer Galil, 2000
- Polycheles enthrix (Spence Bate, 1878)
- Polycheles kermadecensis (Sund, 1920)
- Polycheles martini Ahyong & Brown, 2002
- Polycheles perarmatus Holthuis, 1952
- Polycheles tanneri Faxon, 1893
- Polycheles typhlops Heller, 1862
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