Leptochelia helenae Gutu, 2011

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 : 508

Leptochelia helenae Gutu, 2011

Figs 6 D, U; 7F, 8D, 12K, 14F

Leptochelia helenae Gutu, 2011b: 45 –53, figs 1–4 (Type locality: Bunaken Island, Station 27, Indonesia, 01°37’N, 124°46’E, 1–6 m depth. Holotype female, GANMNH 250463).

Geographic distribution. Celebes Sea, Makassar Strait and Java Sea, Indonesia. Habitat. In sandy bottom covered with the seagrass Thalassia , bottom with coralline sand covered with rare algae, 1–6 m depth.

Figures

FIGURE 6. Flagellum of antennule: A, Leptochelia vimesi; B, L. longimana; C, L. gadgeti; D, L. helenae; E, L. evansi; F, L. dijonesae; G, L. billambi; H, L. africana; I, L. myora; J, L. itoi; K, L. karragarra; L, L. parasavignyi; M, L. vatulelensis; N, L. dubia; O, L. opteros; P, L. dubia; Q, L. ignota. Cheliped: R, L. forresti; S, L. gadgeti; T, L. rapax; U, L. helenae; V, L. evansi; W, L. lusei; X, L. myora; Y, L. itoi; Z, L. karragarra. All figures modified from original descriptions, except N, from Dojiri & Sieg (1997); P, from Suárez-Morales et al. (2004); Q, from Edgar (2012); R, and T, from Richardson (1905).