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Polycheles typhlops : ウィキペディア英語版 | Polycheles typhlops
''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".〔 ==Description== Adult ''P. typhlops'' reach a total length of , from the tip of the rostrum to the end of the telson. This excludes the greatly elongated first pair of pereiopods which are normally held with the first three segments close to the side of the thorax, and the remainder held horizontal above the level of the animal's body, with the tips of the claws not exceeding the tip of the rostrum. This is thought to be an adaptation to predation while partly buried in the sediment.〔 The usual colour of the exoskeleton is whitish, orange or yellow, with the fertilised eggs matching the colour of the pleon where they are brooded.〔 As in other polychelids, and as implied by the generic names ''Polycheles'' and ''Pentacheles'', all five pairs of pereiopods bear claws. ''Polycheles typhlops'' may be distinguished from closely related species by a number of characteristics, including the presence of an indentation around the orbit of the eye, 12–15 spines on each side of the carapace, a forward-pointing spine on the back of each of the second to fifth segments of the pleon, and two longitudinal ridges on each uropod. Only one other polychelid species is known to occur in the Mediterranean Sea, although four different species of larva have been found there.〔
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