Leptochelia mirabilis Stebbing, 1905

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 : 516

Leptochelia mirabilis Stebbing, 1905

Figs 7 C, N

Leptochelia mirabilis Stebbing, 1905: 6 –7, pl. 1B (Type locality: Gulf of Manaar, Indian Ocean. Holotype with unknown location); Sieg (1983): 475 –476 (Catalogue).

Geographic distribution. Only known from the type locality. Habitat. In oysters.

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).