Red Sea Leucothoidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) including new and re-described species Author Kristine N. White Author Traudl Krapp-Schickel text European Journal of Taxonomy 2017 2017-05-31 324 1 40 journal article 32050 10.5852/ejt.2017.324 ab0a9802-739c-40b2-b5af-5d41f42f5619 2118-9773 896730 38BD13D5-2FC1-4DCD-87B2-BDE60B6FA8E2 Leucothoe safiae Lyons & Myers, 1991 Leucothoe safiae Lyons & Myers, 1991 : 607 –610, figs 7–8. Leucothoe richiardii – Ledoyer 1979 : 106–108, fig. 66; 1986: 672–673. non Leucothoe richiardii Lessona, 1865: 427 . Type locality Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. Material examined ISRAEL: 1 ♂, 4 mm, stn 39, Eilat, U. Schiecke leg., April–May 1969. Remarks There are no sexual differences to the female described in the original paper, except that pereopods 6 and 7 have obviously confounded labels in fig. 8 of Lyons & Myers (1991) . The only addition which seems worth mentioning is the rather small head with large round eyes (illustrated but not stressed verbally) and a quite remarkable bulge anteriorly. Kossman’s (1880) description of L. crassimana from the Red Sea is poor; the drawings of the gnathopods, however, would match this species except for the length of 7 mm (vs 3.6–4 mm here). Ledoyer (1979 : 106–108, fig. 66 and 1986: 672–73) named his material, found in Madagascar, L. richiardii Lessona, 1865 but it matches perfectly with the material herein studied, while L. richiardii has Genova (Mediterranean) as the type locality with a length of 6–8 mm. In both mentioned publications he also illustrates the anterior bulge of the head and the deep insertion of antenna 1. This species remains the only Leucothoe with a posterodistal tooth on epimeron 3 to have been identified in the Red Sea. Distribution Red Sea (present study), Gulf of Aqaba ( Lyons & Myers 1991 ); Western Indian Ocean: Madagascar ( Ledoyer 1979 , 1986 ).