Leptochelia ignota ( Chilton, 1885 )

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 ignota ( Chilton, 1885)

Figs 6 Q, 10G, 12 O, 14J

Paratanais ignotus Chilton, 1885: 1042 –1043, pl. XLVIL–XLVL, figs 2–3 (Type locality: Mrs Macquarie’s Chair, Sydney Harbour, Australia. Holotype unknown).

Leptochelia ignota: Lang (1973) : 199; Edgar (2012): 3–12, figs 1–5 (Neotype of Paratanais ignota Chilton, 1885 , Quarantine Bay, Sydney Harbour, Australia, 33°48.9’S, 115°17.0’E, algal washings, 1 m depth. Neotype female, AM P85770).

Geographic distribution. Sydney Harbour. Habitat. In algae, 1 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).