Stereomastis sculpta

Stereomastis sculpta
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Family:	Polychelidae
Genus:	Stereomastis
Species:	S. sculpta
Binomial name
	Stereomastis sculpta; (S. I. Smith, 1880)
Synonyms
	Polycheles sculptus Smith, 1880; Pentacheles spinosus A. Milne-Edwards, 1880; Pentacheles sculptus Smith, 1882;

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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Stereomastis sculpta

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Family:	Polychelidae
Genus:	Stereomastis
Species:	S. sculpta
Binomial name
*Stereomastis sculpta* (S. I. Smith, 1880) ^[2]
Synonyms^[3]
Polycheles sculptus Smith, 1880 Pentacheles spinosus A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 Pentacheles sculptus Smith, 1882