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.
Leptochela Leptochela aculeocaudata Paul'son, 1875 Leptochela bermudensis Gurney, 1939 Leptochela chacei Hayashi, 1995 Leptochela crosnieri Hayashi, 1995 Leptochela elevata Vereshchaka, 2024 Leptochela gracilis Stimpson, 1860 Leptochela hawaiiensis Chace, 1976 Leptochela irrobusta Chace, 1976 Leptochela japonica Hayashi & Miyake, 1969 Leptochela papulata Chace, 1976 Leptochela pugnax de Man, 1916 Leptochela robusta Stimpson, 1860 Leptochela serratorbita Spence Bate, 1888 Leptochela sydniensis Dakin & Colefax, 1940
Proboloura Leptochela carinata Ortmann, 1893 Leptochela soelae Hanamura, 1987
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