A taxonomic review of the Leucothoidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) 3078
Author
White, Kristine N.
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Zootaxa
2011
2011-10-28
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3078.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3078.1.1
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Leucothoe orkneyi
Holman & Watling, 1983
Leucothoe orkneyi
Holman & Watling, 1983: 231–233
, figs 12–14.
Type locality and specimens.
Southern Ocean
,
South
Orkney Islands
, 61°26'–25'
S
41°055'W
.
Holotype
, male, 9.0 mm;
paratypes
, male and female,
4.5–9 mm
.
Material examined.
No material available for examination. Diagnosis based on description by
Holman & Watling (1983)
.
Diagnosis.
Ventral keel anterior margin excavate; anteroventral corner with projection. Maxilla 1 palp constricted. Maxilliped outer plate tuberculate. Gnathopod 1 carpus and propodus narrow; dactylus short. Gnathopod 2 carpus short with large subdistal tooth; dactylus geniculate. Coxa 6 with facial setae. Pereopods 5–7 bases narrowly expanded. Epimeron 3 posteroventral corner produced.
Female
(sexually dimorphic characters).
No significant sexually dimorphic character.
Habitat.
Habitat not reported;
593–604 m
.
Host.
Unknown.
Distribution.
Southern Ocean: South
Orkney Islands
(
Holman & Watling 1983
).