A taxonomic review of the Leucothoidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) 3078
Author
White, Kristine N.
text
Zootaxa
2011
2011-10-28
3078
1
1
113
https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3078.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3078.1.1
11755334
5243821
Leucothoe lihue
J.L.
Barnard, 1970
Leucothoe lihue
J.L.
Barnard, 1970: 209–211
, fig. 136. —J.L.
Barnard, 1971a: 103
. —
Ledoyer, 1978a: 298
. —
Ledoyer, 1979a:
102–105, fig. 64. —
Ledoyer, 1986: 663
, 664, fig. 254. —
Serejo, 1998: 115–117
, figs 6, 7.
Type locality and specimens.
MokuManu, Oahu.
Holotype
, male,
3.3 mm
,
BPBM 7289
.
Material examined.
No material available for examination. Diagnosis based on description by
J
.
L
.
Barnard (1970
a).
Diagnosis.
Truncate anterior head margin. Ventral keel anterior margin with projection; anteroventral margin with cusp. Gnathopod 1 coxa anterior margin serrate; propodus curved; dactylus short. Gnathopod 2 carpus distally truncate, spoon-like. Coxae 5, 6 with facial setae. Pereopods 5–7 bases narrowly expanded.
Female
(sexually dimorphic characters).
Unknown.
Habitat.
Among black coral and mollusks;
26–33 m
.
Host.
Unknown.
Distribution.
Pacific Ocean: Hawaiian Islands (J.L.
Barnard 1970
; J.L. Barnard 1971). Indian Ocean:
Madagascar
(
Ledoyer 1978a
;
Ledoyer 1979a
;
Ledoyer 1986
). Atlantic Ocean: Abrolhos,
Brazil
(
Serejo 1998
).