Leptochelia bulbus ( Bamber, 2006 )

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 : 505

Leptochelia bulbus ( Bamber, 2006)

Figs 7 H, 8F, 12N, 14I

Pseudoleptochelia bulbus: Bamber, 2006: 16 –20, figs 7–8 (Type locality: Ilot Maitre, New Caledonia, 22º19.41’S, 166º20.89’E, in Halimeda , 20 m depth. Holotype brooding female, MNHN.Ta899). Leptochelia aff. minuta: Bamber (2006) : 12–15, fig. 6.

Leptochelia bulbus: Bamber (2013) : 8–9, fig. 1.

Geographic distribution. Lagon, Ilot Maitre, New Caledonia and Baie de Santal, Loyalty Islands. Habitat. In the green alga Halimeda and red algae, 12–20 m depth.

Remarks. According to Bamber (2013) only the male of Pseudoleptochelia bulbus was re-assigned to Konarus cheiris Bamber, 2006 , while P. bulbus sensu stricto was reassigned to Leptochelia together with its “ minuta ”- type male, as Leptochelia bulbus .

Figures

FIGURE 7. Cheliped: A, Leptochelia tenuicula; B, L. tanykeraia. Uropod: C, L. mirabilis; D, L. vimesi; E, L. longimana; F, L. helenae; G, L. evansi; H, L. bulbus; I, L. billambi; J, L. africana; K, L. daggi; L, L. savignyi. Habitus: M, L. forresti; N, L. mirabilis; O, L. vimesi. All figures modified from original descriptions, except A, from Gutu (2011 a); L, from Bamber (2010); M, from Richardson (1905).