Leptochelia brasiliensis (Dana, 1849)

Tanais brasiliensis Dana, 1849: 4 (Type locality: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Holotype with unknown location). Tanais (Paratanais) brasiliensis: Dana (1852): 797, pl. 53, fig. 3.

Leptochelia brasiliensis: Sars (1882): 28; Silva-Brum (1973): 7, figs 20–23; Bacescu (1979): 3; Sieg (1983): 502 –503.

Geographic distribution. Rounded Island, Point dos Calderos, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Habitat Among cavities of polychaete Serpula tubes, sandy bottoms, algae, coral, littoral.