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Leptocheliidae

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Leptocheliidae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Tanaidacea
Superfamily: Paratanaoidea
Family: Leptocheliidae
Lang, 1973

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]

Genera

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These 32 genera belong to the family Leptocheliidae:

Notes

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

References

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  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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