Leptochelia opteros Bamber, 2008

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 : 517

Leptochelia opteros Bamber, 2008

Figs 6 O, 10C, M; 12J, 14D

Leptochelia opteros Bamber, 2008: 193 –198, figs 30–32 (Type locality: Point Lookout, North Stradbroke Island, Australia, 27°26.31’S, 153°32.52’E, in red algae, 10 m depth. Holotype brooding female, QM-W28126).

Geographic distribution. Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. Habitat. In algae and epifaunal communities, littoral.

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).