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 Anamixis cavatura ( Thomas, 1997 ) Anamixis hanseni Pearse, 1912: 370 . — Thomas, 1979: 107–109 . — Thomas & Taylor, 1981: 462–467 , figs 1–5. — Thomas & Barnard, 1983: 154–157 (not Stebbing 1897 ). Leucothoides pottsi Shoemaker, 1933a: 249–251 , fig. 3. — Ledoyer 1967a: 127 , fig. 5b. — Ruffo, 1969: 12 , 13. — Sivaprakasam, 1967 ( 1969 ): 373, figs 1E–G. — Ledoyer, 1978b: 375 . — Ledoyer, 1978a: 300 , 301. — Ledoyer, 1979a: 169 . — Ledoyer, 1979b: 111 , fig. 68(II). — Thomas, 1979: 107–109 . —J.L. Barnard, 1979: 130 . Anamixis pottsi . — Ortiz & Lemaitre, 1994: 124 . Anamixis cavatura Thomas, 1997: 47–50 , figs 3, 4. — White, 2011: 25 , fig.1. Type locality and specimens. Carrie Bow Cay , Belize . Holotype , anamorph male, 2.39 mm , USNM 253729 ; paratypes , anamorph male, 4.60 mm , USNM 253730 , leucomorph male, 4.41 mm , USNM 253732 , leucomorph female, 3.28 mm , USNM 253733 . Material examined. 5 anamorph males ( JDT Bel 06–3B). Diagnosis based on description by Thomas (1997) . Diagnosis. Distal triangular locking process on gnathopod 2 basis; 3–5 prominent cusps on propodus; tuberculate dactylus. Leucomorph (juvenile/sexually dimorphic characters). Male or female. Head anterior margin truncate, anterodistal margin quadrate. Ventral cephalic keel anterior margin transverse. Gnathopod 1 carpus length 12.5 x width, proximal margin dentate, with multiple setae/spines and terminal serrate blades; dactylus very short. Gnathopod 2 carpus 0.5 x propodus length, straight, distally truncate; propodus palm sub-rectangular; dactylus reaching 0.5–0.7 x propodus length. Uropods 1–3 relative lengths 1.0: 0.7: 0.9. Habitat. Among coral rubble; 1–5 m . Host. Small asconoid sponges and colonial ascidians, especially Ecteinascidia turbinata Herdman, 1880 . Distribution. Western Atlantic Ocean: Ft. Pierce to the Florida Keys, Florida ( Shoemaker 1933 ; Thomas 1979 ; Thomas & Taylor 1981 ). Gulf of Mexico: Mississippi Delta to Tampa, FL ( Pearse 1912 ). Caribbean Sea: Yucatan, Belize , Honduras , Jamaica , The Bahamas , Greater and Lesser Antilles, Panama ( Thomas & Barnard 1983 ; Ortiz & Lemaitre 1994 ; White 2011 ).