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Leptochelia gadgeti Edgar 2012

Description

Leptochelia gadgeti Edgar, 2012

Figs 6 C, S; 8B

Leptochelia gadgeti Edgar, 2012: 15 –19, figs 8–9 (Type locality: Cliff Head, Western Australia, 29.52°S, 114.99°E, seagrass, 1 m depth. Holotype male MV J62314).

Geographic distribution. Cliff Head, Seven Mile Beach and Little Armstrong Bay, Rottnest Island, Western Australia.

Habitat. In seagrasses A. antarctica and A. griffithii, 1 m depth.

Notes

Published as part of 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, pp. 501-533 in Zootaxa 3920 (4) on pages 507-508, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3920.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/238294

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References

  • Edgar, G. J. (2012) New Leptocheliidae (Crustacea: Tanaidacea: Tanaidomorpha) from Australian seagrass and macroalgal habitats, and a redescription of the poorly-known Leptochelia ignota from Sydney Harbour. Zootaxa, 3276, 1 - 37.