Leptochela

Leptochela
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Caridea
Family:	Pasiphaeidae
Genus:	Leptochela; Stimpson, 1860
Type species
	Leptochela gracilis; Stimpson, 1860

Leptochela is a genus of small shrimp from the family Pasiphaeidae. They are found in the Indo-Pacific region and the western Atlantic with an isolated species in Hawaii, they are absent from the eastern Atlantic Ocean and were absent from the eastern Pacific but specimens of a species widespread in the western Atlantic were collected from waters to the south of the tip of Baja California. Two species, Leptochela aculeocaudata and Leptochela pugnax have invaded the eastern Mediterranean from the Red Sea through the Suez Canal and are thus classified as Lessepsian migrants.^[2]

Species

The genus is split into two subgenera Leptochela and Proboloura and contains 15 currently recognised extant species.^[1]

Leptochela (Leptochela) aculeocaudata Paul'son, 1875
Leptochela (Leptochela) bermudensis Gurney, 1939
Leptochela (Leptochela) chacei Hayashi, 1995
Leptochela (Leptochela) crosnieri Hayashi, 1995
Leptochela (Leptochela) gracilis Stimpson, 1860
Leptochela (Leptochela) hawaiiensis Chace, 1976
Leptochela (Leptochela) irrobusta Chace, 1976
Leptochela (Leptochela) japonica Hayashi & Miyake, 1969
Leptochela (Leptochela) papulata Chace, 1976
Leptochela (Leptochela) pugnax de Man, 1916
Leptochela (Leptochela) robusta Stimpson, 1860
Leptochela (Leptochela) serratorbita Spence Bate, 1888
Leptochela (Leptochela) sydniensis Dakin & Colefax, 1940
Leptochela (Proboloura) carinata Ortmann, 1893
Leptochela (Proboloura) soelae Hanamura, 1987

References

^ a b Charles Fransen (2011). "Leptochela Stimpson, 1860". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
^ Fenner A. Chace Jr. (1976). "Shrimps of the pasiphaeid genus Leptochela with descriptions of three new species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea)" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 222.

[WoRMS-1] Charles Fransen (2011). "Leptochela Stimpson, 1860". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 19 February 2016.

[Chace-2] Fenner A. Chace Jr. (1976). "Shrimps of the pasiphaeid genus Leptochela with descriptions of three new species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea)" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 222.