Marine Species Traits - Polychelinae Wood-Mason, 1874

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Polychelinae Wood-Mason, 1874

AphiaID

1715211 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1715211)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Subfamily

Parent

Polychelidae Wood-Mason, 1874

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Genus Antarcticheles Aguirre-Urreta, Buatois, Chernoglasov & Medina, 1990 †
Genus Cardus Galil, 2000
Genus Dianecheles Chang, Ahyong & Tsang, 2024
Genus Homeryon Galil, 2000
Genus Neopolycheles Chang, Ahyong & Tsang, 2024
Genus Pentacheles Spence Bate, 1878
Genus Polycheles Heller, 1862
Genus Stereomastis Spence Bate, 1888
Genus Tauricheles Audo, Charbonnier & Krobicki, 2017 †
Genus Willemoesia Grote, 1873
Genus Woodwardicheles Audo, Charbonnier & Krobicki, 2017 †
Genus Deidamia Thomson, 1873 accepted as Willemoesia Grote, 1873 (junior homonym)
Genus Eryoneicus Spence Bate, 1882 accepted as Stereomastis Spence Bate, 1888 (Placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology in Opinion 702 (ICZN, 1964))

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

DecaNet eds. (2026). DecaNet. Polychelinae Wood-Mason, 1874. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1715211 on 2026-10-07

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Polychelinae Wood-Mason, 1874. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1715211 on 2026-10-07

Taxonomic edit history

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2023-10-25 01:06:09Z

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Ahyong, Shane

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Attributes (6)

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