Leptocheliidae

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]

Leptocheliidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Tanaidacea
Family: Leptocheliidae
Lang, 1973

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[lower-alpha 1]
  • 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
  1. Hargeria is considered by some to be an invalid genus but has more recently been validated by some researchers.[4]

References
  1. "Leptocheliidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
  2. "Leptocheliidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
  3. Jarquín-González, Jani and Carrera-Para, Luis F. "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, August 19, 2019. Retrieved February 22, 2020.

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