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