Wetland Restoration Field Guide: Leptochelia leptochelia
Code(s)LEGE
Id Number3014
TaxaInvertebrate
Species Description
Usually white, sometimes greenish or tinged with orange; five pleonites plus pleotelson; five pairs of pleopods; four pairs of oostegites; uropods two-branched, though the outer branch may be inconspicuous
Species Habitat
Abundant on mudflats and among algae in pools.
Species Range
Puget Sound to southern California.