A taxonomic review of the Leucothoidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) 3078
Author
White, Kristine N.
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Zootaxa
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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 makrommatos
White & Thomas, 2009
Leucothoe makrommatos
White & Thomas, 2009: 518–521
, figs 15, 16.
Type locality and specimens.
Three Sisters Bommie
,
Yonge Reef
,
Lizard Island
,
14°36.104’S
145°37.126’E
.
Holotype
, male,
5.6 mm
,
AM
P
79820;
paratype
, female, 6.0 mm,
AM
P
79821.
Material examined.
Unmeasured males and females,
AM
P
79820,
AM
P
79821,
AM
P
70697,
AM
P
71207,
AM
P
71213,
AM
P
71353,
AM
P
71458,
AM
P
79822. Diagnosis based on description by
White & Thomas (2009)
.
Diagnosis.
Eyes elongate. Gnathopod 1 coxa serrate; carpus proximal margin serrate. Gnathopod 2 basis posterior margin slightly expanded, anterior margin with 15–16 setae, posterior margin with five to six setae; carpus distally expanded, serrate; propodus with one mediofacial setal row, slightly displaced to midline, as long as propodus length, palm convex with six minor projections. Pereopod 4 coxa serrate.
Female
(sexually dimorphic characters).
Gnathopod 1 basis anterior margin with 13–15 setae; posterior margin with 29–30 alternating short and long setae; ischium with eight posterior setae. Gnathopod 2 basis anterior margin with 28–30 short and long setae; posterior margin with 15 setae; ischium posterior margin with eight setae; distal margin with 10 setae; propodus with 17 submarginal setae in two indistinct rows.
Habitat.
Coral reefs;
2–12 m
.
Host.
Ascidian.
Distribution.
Pacific Ocean: Lizard Island,
Australia
(
White & Thomas 2009
).