Polycheles typhlops

Polycheles typhlops
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Polychelidae
Genus: Polycheles
Species:
P. typhlops
Binomial name
Polycheles typhlops
C. Heller, 1862
Synonyms
  • Pentacheles agassizii A. Milne-Edwards, 1880
  • Polycheles doderleini Riggio, 1885
  • Pentacheles hextii Alcock, 1894
  • Polycheles intermedius Balss, 1914

Polycheles typhlops is a species of blind, deep water decapod crustacean with a cosmopolitan distribution. It is "one of the dominant and most characteristic crustaceans in deep-sea communities of the Mediterranean Sea".