Species Willemoesia pacifica Sund, 1920
- Willemoesia pacifica Sund, O. 1920. The "Challenger" Eryonidea (Crustacea). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6: 220-226 [223].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1888.22 ♂, off Juan Fernanadez Islands [33°42'S 78°18'W]. - Willemoesia bonaspei Kensley, B.F. 1968. Deep sea decapod Crustacea from west of Cape Point, South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 50(12): 283-323 [294 figs 4, 5].
Type data:
Holotype SAM A12636 ♀, west of Cape Point, South Africa.
Paratype(s) SAM A10473 2♂, west of Cape Point, South Africa; SAM A10497 ♂, west of Cape Point, South Africa; SAM A10465 2♂, west of Cape Point, South Africa; SAM A10508 3♂, west of Cape Point, South Africa; SAM A10485 ♂, west of Cape Point, South Africa.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Galil, B.S. 2000. Crustacea Decapoda: Review of the genera and species of the family Polychelidae Wood-Mason, 1874. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 184: 285-387 [367-368]
Distribution
States
South Australia
Extra Distribution Information
South-east Atlantic (west of Cape Point South Africa), South Pacific.
IMCRA
Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental rise, oceanic province.
Extra Ecological Information
From 2475–5000 m depth.
General References
Bage, F. 1938. Crustacea Decapoda (in part). Scientific Reports of the Australasian Antarctic Research Expedition, 1911-1914 2(6): 1-13 [9] (recorded from southern Australia as W. leptodactyla Willemoes-Suhm)
Galil, B.S. 2000. Crustacea Decapoda: Review of the genera and species of the family Polychelidae Wood-Mason, 1874. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 184: 285-387 [367-368]
Griffin, D.J.G. & Stoddart, H.E. 1995. Deep-water decapod Crustacea from eastern Australia: lobsters of the families Nephropidae, Palinuridae, Polychelidae and Scyllaridae. Records of the Australian Museum 47(3): 231-263 [Date published 1 December 1995] [251]
History of changes
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