42 Species in Family Polychelidae
Nominal species list for Polychelidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Cardus crucifer (Thomson, 1873)
Homeryon armarium Galil, 2000
Homeryon asper (Rathbun, 1906)
Pentacheles gibbus Alcock, 1894
Pentacheles laevis Bate, 1878 Blind lobster
Pentacheles obscurus Bate, 1878
Pentacheles snyderi (Rathbun, 1906)
Pentacheles validus Milne-Edwards, 1880
Polycheles aculeatus Galil, 2002
Polycheles amemiyai Yokoya, 1933
Polycheles baccatus Bate, 1878
Polycheles coccifer Galil, 2000
Polycheles crucifer (Willemoes-Suhm, 1873)
Polycheles enthrix (Bate, 1878)
Polycheles kermadecensis (Sund, 1920)
Polycheles martini Ahyong & Brown, 2002
Polycheles perarmatus Holthuis, 1952
Polycheles tanneri Faxon, 1893
Polycheles typhlops Heller, 1862
Stereomastis aculeata (Galil, 2000)
Stereomastis alis (Ahyong & Galil, 2006)
Stereomastis auriculata (Bate, 1878)
Stereomastis cerata (Alcock, 1894)
Stereomastis evexa (Galil, 2000)
Stereomastis galil (Ahyong & Brown, 2002)
Stereomastis helleri (Bate, 1878)
Stereomastis nana (Smith, 1884)
Stereomastis pacifica (Faxon, 1893)
Stereomastis panglao Ahyong & Chan, 2008
Stereomastis phosphorus (Alcock, 1894) Pink blind lobster
Stereomastis polita (Galil, 2000)
Stereomastis sculpta (Smith, 1880) Blind lobsters
Stereomastis suhmi (Bate, 1878) Deepsea blind lobster
Stereomastis surda (Galil, 2000)
Stereomastis talismani (Bouvier, 1917)
Stereomastis trispinosa (De Man, 1905)
Willemoesia forceps Milne-Edwards, 1880
Willemoesia inornata Faxon, 1893
Willemoesia leptodactyla (Thomson, 1873)
Willemoesia pacifica Sund, 1920
Xylocheles macrops (Forest, 1987)
Xylocheles miersi Alcock & Anderson, 1899
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