Leptochelia tanykeraia Bamber

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 : 518

Leptochelia tanykeraia Bamber in Bamber et al. 2009

Figs 7 B, 10B, L; 11F, J; 12I, 14C

Leptochelia tanykeraia Bamber et al., 2009: 29 –34, figs 12–14 (Type locality: Station RFI 7, off the coast of Israel, 31º48.809’N, 034º28.892’E, in fine mud, 62 m depth. Holotype female, NHM.2008.4822).

Geographic distribution. Off Israel, Eastern Mediterranean. Habitat. In fine mud, 10.3–62 m depth.

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).