Stereomastis sculpta

Stereomastis sculpta is a species of "strange, blind crustacean" resembling a prawn or a squat lobster.[3] It has a cosmopolitan distribution in deep water, being found on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, in the Mediterranean Sea, and across much of the Indo-West Pacific,[4] at depths of 200–4,000 metres (660–13,120 ft).[3]

Stereomastis sculpta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Polychelidae
Genus: Stereomastis
Species:
S. sculpta
Binomial name
Stereomastis sculpta
(S. I. Smith, 1880) [2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Polycheles sculptus Smith, 1880
  • Pentacheles spinosus A. Milne-Edwards, 1880
  • Pentacheles sculptus Smith, 1882
  • Stereomastis sculpta on display
    Stereomastis sculpta on display
  • Illustration from Decapoda reptantia of the coasts of Ireland
    Illustration from Decapoda reptantia of the coasts of Ireland
  • Stereomastis sculpta (syn. Polycheles sculptus) on display (colors have faded)
    Stereomastis sculpta (syn. Polycheles sculptus) on display (colors have faded)

References
  1. T. Y. Chan (2011). "Stereomastis sculpta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T185012A8347162. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T185012A8347162.en.
  2. "Stereomastis sculpta S. I. Smith, 1880". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 25, 2011.
  3. Bella Galil (2000). A. Crosnier (ed.). "Crustacea Decapoda: Review of the genera and species of the family Polychelidae Wood-Mason, 1874" (PDF). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM. 21 (184): 285–387.
  4. Shane T. Ahyong & Tin-Yam Chan (2004). "Polychelid lobsters of Taiwan (Decapoda: Polychelidae)" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 52 (1): 171–182.


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