Leptochelia lusei Bamber & Bird, 1997

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 : 509

Leptochelia lusei Bamber & Bird, 1997

Figs 6 W, 9E, 12A, 13B

Leptochelia lusei Bamber & Bird, 1997: 120 –128, figs 11–15 (Type locality: West coast of Kau Pei Chau, Cape d’ Aguilar Marine Reserve, Hong Kong, in barnacle pavement on sublittoral rock, 2 m depth. Holotype female, NMW.Z. 1995.043.10).

Geographic distribution. Cape d’ Aguilar Marine Reserve and Tolo Channel, Hong Kong. Habitat. Among a variety of crevicial habitats, 0–9 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).