First species of Leptochelia Dana, 1849 (Crustacea: Tanaidacea) from the Eastern Pacific, with an annotated checklist and identification keys for the genus
Author
Jarquín-González, Jani
Author
García-Madrigal, María Del Socorro
Author
Carrera-Parra, Luis Fernando
text
Zootaxa
2015
3920
4
501
533
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3920.4.1
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1175-5326
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Leptochelia rapax
Harger, 1879
Figs 6
T, 8C
Leptochelia rapax
Harger, 1879
: 163
–164 (
Type
locality: Annisquam, Massachusetts.
Holotype
, USNM 32176).
Hargeria rapax
:
Lang (1973)
: 202;
Sieg (1983)
: 422
–424 (Catalogue);
Suárez-Morales
et al
. (2004)
: 47
–53, figs 21–24;
García-Madrigal
et al
. (2005)
: 1165
;
Barba
et al
. (2010)
: 153
–163;
Drumm (2010)
: 692
–698.
Geographic distribution.
East coast of North
America
, Gulf of
Mexico
, Mexican Caribbean and Caribbean Sea.
Habitat.
In sandy bottom, algae, littoral.