Leptochelia elongata Larsen & Rayment, 2002

Jarquín-González, Jani, García-Madrigal, María Del Socorro & Carrera-Parra, Luis Fernando, 2015, First species of Leptochelia Dana, 1849 (Crustacea: Tanaidacea) from the Eastern Pacific, with an annotated checklist and identification keys for the genus, Zootaxa 3920 (4), pp. 501-533 : 507

Leptochelia elongata Larsen & Rayment, 2002

Figs 11 O, 12Q

Leptochelia elongata Larsen & Rayment, 2002: 19 –24, figs 2–4 (Type locality: Racha Yai Island, Phuket Province, in coral rubble, 18 m depth. Holotype non-ovigerous female, PMBC 17479).

Geographic distribution. Andaman Sea, North-Eastern Indian Ocean. Habitat. In coral rubble, 18 m depth.

Figures

FIGURE 11. Antenna: A, Leptochelia bispinosa; B, L. tenuicula. Cheliped: C, L. karragarra; D, L. vatulelensis; E, L. parasavignyi; F, L. tanykeraia; G, L. corsica; H, L. savignyi. Pereopod 1: I, L. parasavignyi; J, L. tanykeraia. Pereopod 6: K, L. tarda; L, L. billambi. Uropod: M, L. mortenseni; N, L. occiporta; O, L. elongata; P, L. dijonesae; Q, L. africana; R, L. karragarra; S, L. myora. All figures modified from original descriptions, except B, and G, from Gutu (2011 a); H, from Bamber (2010).