Deep-Sea taxon details
Pentacheles Spence Bate, 1878
238402 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:238402)
accepted
Genus
Pentacheles laevis Spence Bate, 1878 (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Pentacheles laevis Spence Bate, 1878
- Species Pentacheles obscurus Spence Bate, 1878
- Species Pentacheles snyderi (Rathbun, 1906)
- Species Pentacheles validus A. Milne-Edwards, 1880
- Species Pentacheles carpenteri Alcock, 1894 accepted as Pentacheles obscurus Spence Bate, 1878 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pentacheles debilis Smith, 1884 accepted as Pentacheles validus A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pentacheles gracilis Spence Bate, 1878 accepted as Pentacheles laevis Spence Bate, 1878 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pentacheles Hextii Alcock, 1894 accepted as Polycheles typhlops Heller, 1862 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pentacheles nanus Smith, 1884 accepted as Stereomastis nana (Smith, 1884) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pentacheles phosphorus Alcock, 1894 accepted as Stereomastis phosphorus (Alcock, 1894) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pentacheles trispinosus De Man, 1905 accepted as Stereomastis trispinosa (De Man, 1905) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
masculine
Bate, C. S. (1878). XXXII. On the <i>Willemoesia</i> Group of Crustacea. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (series 5)2: 273–283, pl. 13. [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Pentacheles Spence Bate, 1878. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=238402 on 2026-06-12
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Pentacheles Spence Bate, 1878. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=238402 on 2026-06-12
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original description
Bate, C. S. (1878). XXXII. On the <i>Willemoesia</i> Group of Crustacea. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (series 5)2: 273–283, pl. 13. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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