FIGURE 20. Color patterns of the Leptalpheus axianassae species group. Leptalpheus hendrickxi Anker, 2011: a, male (cl 7.7 mm), ULLZ 5810 [USNM 1541151], from Paso Caballos, Nicaragua, lateral; b, female (cl 9.4 mm), ULLZ 6036 [USNM 1541281], from Las Peñitas, Nicaragua, lateral. Leptalpheus corderoae Salgado-Barragán et al., 2014: c, female (cl 8.3 mm), ULLZ 18237 [USNM 1706503], from Las Peñitas, Nicaragua, lateral. Leptalpheus axianassae Dworschak & Coelho, 1999: d, ovigerous female (cl 8.4 mm), ULLZ 18173 [USNM 1706443], from Ft. Pierce, Florida, USA, lateral; e, male (cl 7.3 mm), ULLZ 18173 [USNM 1706443], from Ft. Pierce, Florida, USA, lateral; f, male (cl 7.1 mm), UF 51713, from Bocas del Toro, Panama, lateral; g, same, dorsal; h, same, close-up of major chela, lateral. Photographs by the third author (a–e) and Paulo P.G. Pachelle (f–h).

Published as part of Scioli, Justin A., Robles, Rafael & Felder, Darryl L., 2024, New species and records of the symbiotic shrimp genus Leptalpheus Williams, 1965, with notes on Fenneralpheus Felder & Manning, 1986, and preliminary molecular analysis of phylogenetic relationships (Crustacea: Decapoda: Alpheidae), pp. 1-72 in Zootaxa 5466 (1) on page 36, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5466.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/11613222