MSBIAS taxon details
Leptocheliidae Lang, 1973
136160 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:136160)
accepted
Family
- Subfamily Leptocheliinae Lang, 1973
- Genus Chondrochelia Gutu, 2016
- Genus Heterotanais Sars, 1882
- Genus Leptochelia Dana, 1849
- Subfamily Heterotanaidinae Larsen & Wilson, 2002 accepted as Leptocheliinae Lang, 1973 (suppressed)
marine, brackish
Lang, K. (1973). Taxonomische und phylogenetische Untersuchungen über die Tanaidaceen (Crustacea). 8. Die Gattungen Leptochelia Dana, Paratanais Dana, Heterotanais G.O. Sars und Nototanais Richardson. Dazu einige Bemerkungen über die Monokonophora und ein Nachtrag. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 2: 197-229. [details]
MSBIAS (2026). Leptocheliidae Lang, 1973. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=136160 on 2026-10-07
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Leptocheliidae Lang, 1973. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=136160 on 2026-10-07
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Lang, K. (1973). Taxonomische und phylogenetische Untersuchungen über die Tanaidaceen (Crustacea). 8. Die Gattungen Leptochelia Dana, Paratanais Dana, Heterotanais G.O. Sars und Nototanais Richardson. Dazu einige Bemerkungen über die Monokonophora und ein Nachtrag. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 2: 197-229. [details]
taxonomy source Bamber, R. N. (2006). Shallow water tanaidaceans (Crustacea: Peracarida: Tanaidacea) from New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1108: 1-21., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2006f/z01108p021f.pdf [details]
taxonomy source Bamber, R. N. (2008). Tanaidaceans (Crustacea: Peracarida: Tanaidacea) from Moreton Bay, Queensland. <em>In: Davie, P.J.F., & J.A. Phillips (eds.), Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop, The Marine Fauna and Flora of Moreton Bay, Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature.</em> 54 (1): 143-217. [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Bamber, R.N. (2013). A re-assessment of Konarus Bamber, 2006 and sympatric leptocheliids from Australasia, and of Pseudoleptochelia Lang (Crustacea: Peracarida: Tanaidacea). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3694 (1): 1-39., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3694.1.1 [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Bird, G.J. (2011). Paratanaoidean tanaidaceans (Crustacea: Peracarida) from littoral and shallow sublittoral habitats in New Zealand, with descriptions of three new genera and seven new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2891: 1-62., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2891.1.1 [details]
taxonomy source Bird, G.J., & Larsen, K. (2009). Tanaidacean phylogeny – the second step: the basal paratanaoidean families (Crustacea: Malacostraca). <em>Arthropod Systematics and Phylogeny.</em> 67 (2): 137-158., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/asp.67.e31693 [details]
taxonomy source Gutu, M. (1996). Tanaidaceans (Crustacea, Peracarida) from Brazil, with description of new taxa and systematical remarks on some families. <em>Travaux du Muséum National d´Histoire naturelle “Grigore Antipa”.</em> 36: 23-133. [details]
taxonomy source Gutu, M. (2011). A new genus and two new species of leptocheliids from the marine shallow waters of Indonesia (Crustacea: Tanaidacea: Tanaidomorpha). Travaux du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle "Grigore Antipa". 54 (1), 43–61., available online at https://doi.org/10.2478/v10191-011-0003-5 [details]
taxonomy source Gutu, M.; Iliffe, T. M. (2001). Grallatotanais antipai, a new genus and species of the family Leptocheliidae Lang, 1963 from a marine cave in the Bahamas (Crustacea: Tanaidacea: Tanaidomorpha). <em>Travaux du Muséum d´Histoire naturelle "Grigore Antipa".</em> 43: 93-100. [details]
taxonomy source Larsen, K. (2003). The tanaidacean fauna (Peracarida) from a deep-sea cold-seep in the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Journal of Crustacean Biology.</em> 23 (4): 777-794., available online at https://doi.org/10.1651/c-2395 [details]
taxonomy source Larsen, K., & Wilson, G.D.F. (2002). Tanaidacean phylogeny, the first step: the superfamily Paratanaidoidea. <em>Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research.</em> 40 (4): 205-222., available online at https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1439-0469.2002.00193.x [details]
taxonomy source Sieg, J. (1976). Zum natürlichen System der Dikonophora Lang (Crustacea, Tanaidacea). <em>Zeitschrift für Zoologischer Systematik und Evolutionsforschung.</em> 14: 177-198. [details]
taxonomy source Sieg, J. (1986). Crustacea Tanaidacea of the Antarctic and the Subantarctic. 1. On material collected at Tierra del Fuego, Isla de los Estados, and the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. <em>Pages 1-180, In: Korniker, L.S. (ed.), Biology of the Antarctic Seas 18. Volume 45 in the Antarctic Research Series. American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C.</em> , available online at http://www.agu.org/books/ar/v045/AR045.pdf [details]
basis of record Bird, G.J. (2001). Tanaidacea. In: Costello, M.J., C.S. Emblow, & R. White (eds.), European Register of Marine Species. A Check-List of the Marine Species in Europe and a Bibliography of Guides to Their Identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 310-315. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Anderson, G. (2016). Tanaidacea-- Thirty Years of Scholarship. (Vers. 2.0, Dec., 2016)., available online at http://aquila.usm.edu/tanaids30/3 [details]
identification resource Larsen, K. (2005). Deep-Sea Tanaidacea (Peracarida) from the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Brill, Leiden.</em> [details]
identification resource Larsen, K., & Shimomura, M. (2007). Tanaidacea (Crustacea: Peracarida) from Japan. II. Tanaidomorpha from the East China Sea, the West Pacific Ocean, and the Nansei Islands. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1464: 1-43., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1464.1.1 [details]
taxonomy source Bamber, R. N. (2006). Shallow water tanaidaceans (Crustacea: Peracarida: Tanaidacea) from New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1108: 1-21., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2006f/z01108p021f.pdf [details]
taxonomy source Bamber, R. N. (2008). Tanaidaceans (Crustacea: Peracarida: Tanaidacea) from Moreton Bay, Queensland. <em>In: Davie, P.J.F., & J.A. Phillips (eds.), Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop, The Marine Fauna and Flora of Moreton Bay, Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature.</em> 54 (1): 143-217. [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Bamber, R.N. (2013). A re-assessment of Konarus Bamber, 2006 and sympatric leptocheliids from Australasia, and of Pseudoleptochelia Lang (Crustacea: Peracarida: Tanaidacea). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3694 (1): 1-39., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3694.1.1 [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Bird, G.J. (2011). Paratanaoidean tanaidaceans (Crustacea: Peracarida) from littoral and shallow sublittoral habitats in New Zealand, with descriptions of three new genera and seven new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2891: 1-62., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2891.1.1 [details]
taxonomy source Bird, G.J., & Larsen, K. (2009). Tanaidacean phylogeny – the second step: the basal paratanaoidean families (Crustacea: Malacostraca). <em>Arthropod Systematics and Phylogeny.</em> 67 (2): 137-158., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/asp.67.e31693 [details]
taxonomy source Gutu, M. (1996). Tanaidaceans (Crustacea, Peracarida) from Brazil, with description of new taxa and systematical remarks on some families. <em>Travaux du Muséum National d´Histoire naturelle “Grigore Antipa”.</em> 36: 23-133. [details]
taxonomy source Gutu, M. (2011). A new genus and two new species of leptocheliids from the marine shallow waters of Indonesia (Crustacea: Tanaidacea: Tanaidomorpha). Travaux du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle "Grigore Antipa". 54 (1), 43–61., available online at https://doi.org/10.2478/v10191-011-0003-5 [details]
taxonomy source Gutu, M.; Iliffe, T. M. (2001). Grallatotanais antipai, a new genus and species of the family Leptocheliidae Lang, 1963 from a marine cave in the Bahamas (Crustacea: Tanaidacea: Tanaidomorpha). <em>Travaux du Muséum d´Histoire naturelle "Grigore Antipa".</em> 43: 93-100. [details]
taxonomy source Larsen, K. (2003). The tanaidacean fauna (Peracarida) from a deep-sea cold-seep in the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Journal of Crustacean Biology.</em> 23 (4): 777-794., available online at https://doi.org/10.1651/c-2395 [details]
taxonomy source Larsen, K., & Wilson, G.D.F. (2002). Tanaidacean phylogeny, the first step: the superfamily Paratanaidoidea. <em>Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research.</em> 40 (4): 205-222., available online at https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1439-0469.2002.00193.x [details]
taxonomy source Sieg, J. (1976). Zum natürlichen System der Dikonophora Lang (Crustacea, Tanaidacea). <em>Zeitschrift für Zoologischer Systematik und Evolutionsforschung.</em> 14: 177-198. [details]
taxonomy source Sieg, J. (1986). Crustacea Tanaidacea of the Antarctic and the Subantarctic. 1. On material collected at Tierra del Fuego, Isla de los Estados, and the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. <em>Pages 1-180, In: Korniker, L.S. (ed.), Biology of the Antarctic Seas 18. Volume 45 in the Antarctic Research Series. American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C.</em> , available online at http://www.agu.org/books/ar/v045/AR045.pdf [details]
basis of record Bird, G.J. (2001). Tanaidacea. In: Costello, M.J., C.S. Emblow, & R. White (eds.), European Register of Marine Species. A Check-List of the Marine Species in Europe and a Bibliography of Guides to Their Identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 310-315. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Anderson, G. (2016). Tanaidacea-- Thirty Years of Scholarship. (Vers. 2.0, Dec., 2016)., available online at http://aquila.usm.edu/tanaids30/3 [details]
identification resource Larsen, K. (2005). Deep-Sea Tanaidacea (Peracarida) from the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Brill, Leiden.</em> [details]
identification resource Larsen, K., & Shimomura, M. (2007). Tanaidacea (Crustacea: Peracarida) from Japan. II. Tanaidomorpha from the East China Sea, the West Pacific Ocean, and the Nansei Islands. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1464: 1-43., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1464.1.1 [details]
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