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Leandrites stenopus Holthuis, 1950

Leandrites stenopus Holthuis, 1950a:40, fig. 6 [type locality: Selat Madura, Indonesia; 7°25′S, 113°16′E; 56 meters].

DIAGNOSIS.—Rostrum straight, not overreaching antennal scale, armed with 11 dorsal teeth, including 2 widely separated on carapace posterior to level of posterior margin of orbit, ventral margin unarmed except for 3 small subapical teeth; 2nd pereopods overreaching antennal scale by combined lengths of chela, carpus, and nearly entire merus; carapace length about 7 mm.

RANGE.—Known only from the unique holotype from Selat Madura off northeastern Java; 56 meters.
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bibliographic citation
Chace, Fenner Albert, Jr. and Bruce, A. J. 1993. "The caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda) of the Albatross Philippine Expedition 1907-1910, Part 6: Superfamily Palaemonoidea." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-152. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.543