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Pentacheles validus

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA ARTHROPODA CRUSTACEA DECAPODA POLYCHELIDAE

Scientific Name: Pentacheles validus
Species Authority: A. Milne-Edwards, 1880
Synonym/s:
Polycheles chilensis Sund, 1920
Polycheles demani Stebbing, 1917
Polycheles validus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880)

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published: 2011
Assessor/s: Chan, T.Y.
Reviewer/s: Collen, B., Livingstone, S. & Richman, N.
Contributor/s: Batchelor, A., De Silva, R., Dyer, E., Kasthala, G., Lutz, M.L., McGuinness, S., Milligan, H.T., Soulsby, A.-M. & Whitton, F.
Justification:
Pentacheles validus has been assessed as Least Concern due to its wide distribution across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, as well as its occurrence in very deep waters, which mean it is unlikely to be impacted by any major threat processes, such as commercial harvesting.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: This species is found off the western and eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Indo-West Pacific Ocean (Poore and Ahyong 2004, Ahyong 2007). Specifically in Australia it is found from Queensland, New South Wales and Tasmania (Poore and Ahyong 2004). This species is also present around Brazil, South Africa, West Africa, Canary Islands, USA, Chile, Vanuatu, New Zealand, Caribbean Sea, South Georgia Islands and the Azores (Galil 2000, Costa et al. 2007). It has recently been recorded in the Economic Exclusion Zone around New Caledonia (Richer de Forges et al. 2000).
Countries:
Native:
Angola (Angola); Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Aruba; Australia (New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania); Bahamas; Barbados; Benin; Bermuda; Brazil; Cayman Islands; Chile; Congo; Côte d'Ivoire; Cuba; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Ghana; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Haiti; Jamaica; Liberia; Martinique; Mauritania; Montserrat; Namibia; Netherlands Antilles; New Caledonia; New Zealand; Nigeria; Portugal (Azores); Puerto Rico; Saint Barthélemy; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Martin (French part); Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Senegal; Sierra Leone; South Africa; South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands; Spain (Canary Is.); Trinidad and Tobago; Turks and Caicos Islands; United States; Vanuatu; Virgin Islands, British; Virgin Islands, U.S.
FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
Native:
Atlantic – eastern central; Atlantic – northeast; Atlantic – southeast; Atlantic – southwest; Atlantic – western central; Pacific – southeast; Pacific – southwest; Pacific – western central
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Population [top]

Population: There is no population information available for this species.
Population Trend: Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: This species has been collected from unknown habitat at depths of 914 - 3,365 m (Galil 2000).
Systems: Marine

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): It is unknown whether this species is being impacted on by any major threat processes; however the great depths this species exists at means commercial harvesting is unlikely (Chan 1998).

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: There are no conservation measures in place for this species. Further research into the population demographics, habitat and threats to this species is suggested as these data are lacking.
Citation: Chan, T.Y. 2011. Pentacheles validus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 May 2013.
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