''Leptochela'' is a genus of small, shallow-water shrimp from the family
Pasiphaeidae.
They are found in the
Indo-Pacific
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region and the western Atlantic with an isolated species in
Hawaii
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, 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
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. 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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''Leptochela''
* '' Leptochela aculeocaudata'' Paul'son, 1875
* '' Leptochela bermudensis'' Gurney
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, 1939
* ''Leptochela chacei
''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 wer ...
'' Hayashi, 1995
* '' Leptochela crosnieri'' Hayashi, 1995
* ''Leptochela elevata
''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 wer ...
'' Vereshchaka, 2024
* ''Leptochela gracilis
''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 wer ...
'' Stimpson, 1860
* '' Leptochela hawaiiensis'' Chace, 1976
* ''Leptochela irrobusta
''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 wer ...
'' Chace, 1976
* ''Leptochela japonica
''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 wer ...
'' Hayashi & Miyake, 1969
* ''Leptochela papulata
''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 ...
'' Chace, 1976
* '' Leptochela pugnax'' de Man, 1916
* ''Leptochela robusta
''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 wer ...
'' Stimpson, 1860
* ''Leptochela serratorbita
''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 wer ...
'' Spence Bate, 1888
* ''Leptochela sydniensis
''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 wer ...
'' Dakin & Colefax, 1940
''Proboloura''
* ''Leptochela carinata
''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 wer ...
'' Ortmann, 1893
* ''Leptochela soelae
''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 wer ...
'' Hanamura, 1987
References
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Decapod genera