Stereomastis sculpta is a species of "strange, blind crustacean" resembling a prawn or a squat lobster.[3] It has a cosmopolitan distribution in deep water, being found on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, in the Mediterranean Sea, and across much of the Indo-West Pacific,[4] at depths of 200–4,000 metres (660–13,120 ft).[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Family: | Polychelidae |
| Genus: | Stereomastis |
| Species: | S. sculpta
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| Stereomastis sculpta (S. I. Smith, 1880) [2]
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Gallery edit
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Stereomastis sculpta on display -
Illustration from Decapoda reptantia of the coasts of Ireland -
Stereomastis sculpta (syn. Polycheles sculptus) on display (colors have faded)
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References edit
- ^ T. Y. Chan (2011). "Stereomastis sculpta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T185012A8347162. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T185012A8347162.en. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
- ^ "Stereomastis sculpta S. I. Smith, 1880". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 25, 2011.
- ^ a b c Bella Galil (2000). A. Crosnier (ed.). "Crustacea Decapoda: Review of the genera and species of the family Polychelidae Wood-Mason, 1874" (PDF). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM. 21 (184): 285–387.
- ^ Shane T. Ahyong & Tin-Yam Chan (2004). "Polychelid lobsters of Taiwan (Decapoda: Polychelidae)" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 52 (1): 171–182.
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