Leptochelia tenuicula Makkaveeva, 1968

Figs 7 A, 10A, K; 11B, 12C, 13G

Leptochelia tenuicula Makkaveeva, 1968: 102, fig. 1 (Type locality: Among Honda Bay and Cape San Antonio, Cuba, in sandy bottom with Thalassia, 4–7 m depth. Holotype with unknown location); Sieg (1983): 476; Gutu (2011a): 34 –40, figs 7–9 (Redescription).

Geographic distribution. Cuba and Lesser Antilles, Caribbean Sea.

Habitat. In sandy bottom with seagrass, 4–7 m depth.

Remarks. L. tenuicula was briefly described and characterized because the uropodal exopod was biarticulated. Gutu (2011a) conducted a detailed redescription of this species; however, he used material collected from the island of Martinique, Lesser Antilles, and described the exopod of uropod with a single article, which contrasts with the original description. Also, he did not make any observations or comments about why the species did not show the double-jointed exopod. Therefore it is likely that the specimens analysed by Gutu (2011a) are a different species to L. tenuicula . A further redescription is necessary, this time based in material collected at the type locality or nearby.