Pentacheles

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}}

{{Short description|Genus of crustaceans}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Pentacheles_validus_(10.1590-S0104-64972015002327)_Figure_1.jpg

| image_caption = Pentacheles validus

| taxon = Pentacheles

| authority = Spence Bate, 1878

}}

Pentacheles is a genus of crustaceans of the class Malacostraca.{{cite web |title=WoRMS – World Register of Marine Species – Pentacheles Spence Bate, 1878 |url=https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=238402 |website=www.marinespecies.org |publisher=World Register of Marine Species |access-date=21 November 2023}}{{cite web |title=Pentacheles Bate, 1878 {{!}} COL |url=https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/74f4103e-311e-45d6-a9a7-3a924b3d4000 |website=www.catalogueoflife.org |publisher=Catalogue of Life |access-date=22 November 2023}}{{cite web |title=IRMNG - Pentacheles Bate, 1878 |url=https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1038743 |website=www.irmng.org |publisher=Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera}}