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Polycheles
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Polycheles

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.

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9 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Polycheles typhlops

speciesPolycheles typhlops

Polycheles amemiyai

speciesPolycheles amemiyai

Polycheles baccatus

speciesPolycheles baccatus

Polycheles coccifer

speciesPolycheles coccifer

Polycheles enthrix

speciesPolycheles enthrix

Polycheles kermadecensis

speciesPolycheles kermadecensis

Polycheles martini

speciesPolycheles martini

Polycheles perarmatus

speciesPolycheles perarmatus

Polycheles tanneri

speciesPolycheles tanneri

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 91215.