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Leptochela
Sign in to saveLeptochela is a genus of small, shallow-water 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.
Species
ソコシラエビ属
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderDecapoda
- FamilyPasiphaeidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 224
- With media
- 66
- Family
- Pasiphaeidae
- Collections
- USNM, UM-RSMAS, CAS, YPM, NMV
- Recorded in
- United States, Taiwan, Dominica, Costa Rica, Maldives, Australia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Pasiphaeidae
- Image
- Leptochela chacei (MNHN-IU-2014-11190) 002.jpeg
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- Leptochela
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Species
- ''Leptochela''
- ''Proboloura''
- References
Leptochela is a genus of small, shallow-water 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.
==Species== The genus is split into two subgenera Leptochela and Proboloura and contains 17 currently recognised extant species.
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