The Luthulenchelys heemstraorum lives in the benthopelagic, marine, depth range 450 - 460 m environment.
Luthulenchelys heemstraorum, a new genus and species of snake eel (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from KwaZulu-Natal, with comments on Ophichthus rutidoderma (Bleeker, 1853) and its synonyms John E. McCosker California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California 94118, USA e-mail: Jmccosker@calacademy. More
The elongate snake eel Luthulenchelys heemstraorum that was trawled off Durban. Drawing by Beth Herd Guy. McCosker said that this elongate snake eel was so different from other species that he had to describe it as a new monotypic genus and species. More
Luthulenchelys heemstraorum check for this species in other resources , a new genus and species of snake eel (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from KwaZulu-Natal, with comments on Ophichthus rutidoderma check for this species in other resources (Bleeker, 1853) and its synonyms More
* Luthulenchelys heemstraorum, a new genus and species of snake eel (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from KwaZulu-Nata, with comments on Ophichthus rutidoderma (Bleeker 1853) and its synonyms - McCosker, John E. More