| Leptocheliidae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Tanaidacea |
| Superfamily: | Paratanaoidea |
| Family: | Leptocheliidae Lang, 1973 |
Leptocheliidae is a family of malacostracans in the order Tanaidacea. There are more than 30 genera and 140 described species in Leptocheliidae.[1][2][3]
Genera
These 32 genera belong to the family Leptocheliidae:
- Alloleptochelia Gutu, 2016
- Antiparus Gutu, 2016
- Araleptochelia Błażewicz-Paszkowycz & Bamber, 2012
- Bassoleptochelia Błażewicz-Paszkowycz & Bamber, 2012
- Bathyleptochelia Larsen, 2003
- Brunarus Bamber & Marshall, 2015
- Cacoheterotanais Morales-Núñez & Heard, 2015
- Catenarius Bamber, 2008
- Chondrochelia Gutu, 2016
- Cocotanais Esquete, 2013
- Ektraleptochelia Bamber & Marshall, 2015
- Grallatotanais Gutu & Iliffe, 2001
- Hargeria Lang, 1973[a]
- Heterotanais G. O. Sars, 1882
- Heterotanoides Sieg, 1978
- Intermedichelia Gutu, 1996
- Kalloleptochelia Gutu, 2016
- Konarus Bamber, 2006
- Larsmentia Bamber & Marshall, 2015
- Leptochelia Dana, 1849
- Makassaritanais Gutu, 2012
- Makraleptochelia Araujo-Silva & Larsen, 2012
- Mesotanais Dollfus, 1897
- Metaleptochelia Gutu, 2016
- Neoleptochelia Gutu, 2011
- Nuberis Bamber & Marshall, 2015
- Ogleus Morales-Núñez & Heard, 2013
- Parakonarus Bird, 2011
- Paraleptochelia Gutu, 2016
- Poorea Edgar, 2012
- Pseudoleptochelia Lang, 1973
- Pseudonototanais Lang, 1973
Notes
- Hargeria is considered by some to be an invalid genus but has more recently been validated by some researchers.[4]
References
- "Leptocheliidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Archived from the original on 2021-03-29. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
- "Leptocheliidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
- "Family Leptocheliidae information". BugGuide.net. Archived from the original on 2019-05-25. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
- Jarquín-González, Jani; Carrera-Parra, Luis F. (19 August 2019). "Redescription of Hargeria rapax (Harger, 1879) and description of H. chetumalensis a new species from the Mexican Caribbean (Crustacea, Peracarida, Tanaidacea, Leptocheliidae) based upon morphological and molecular evidence". PeerJ. 7 e7472. doi:10.7717/peerj.7472. PMC 6705387. PMID 31489263.
Further reading
- Martin, Joel W.; Davis, George E. (2001). "An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea" (PDF). Natural History Museum of Los Angeles. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2009-12-29. Retrieved 2019-05-25.
- Stebbing, Thomas Roscoe Rede (1893). A History of Crustacea: Recent Malacostraca. D. Appleton. Archived from the original on 2018-12-16. Retrieved 2019-05-25.
External links
Media related to Leptocheliidae at Wikimedia Commons
