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 pachycera
Della Valle, 1893
Leucothoe pachycera
Della Valle, 1893: 651
, 652, pl. 19, figs 22, 23, 29–34. —
Stebbing, 1906: 164
, 165. —
Chevreux & Fage, 1925: 124
, 125, fig. 122. —
Ledoyer, 1968: 192
. —
Krapp-Schickel, 1971: 354
. —
Karaman, 1971: 57–60
, pls 1, 2. —
Bellan-Santini & Ledoyer, 1972
(
1973
): 917. —
Krapp-Schickel, 1975: 107–109
, pl. 10. —
Krapp-Schickel, 1989: 450–452
, fig. 306.
Type
locality and specimens.
Naples
,
Italy
.
Males
and females,
3–4 mm
.
Material examined.
No material available for examination. Diagnosis based on description by Della Vale (1893),
Krapp-Schickel (1975)
, and
Karaman (1971)
.
Diagnosis.
Truncate anterior head margin. Antenna 1 peduncle greatly inflated. Gnathopod 1 dactylus short. Gnathopod 2 carpus distally truncate; propodus elongate with mediofacial setal row displaced to midline. Coxae 3– 4 with setose distal margins; coxa 3 with setose anterior margin. Epimeron 1 with anteroventral tuft of setae. Epimeron 3 posteroventral corner sinuous with simple cusp. Telson apex rounded with facial setae.
Female
(sexually dimorphic characters).
Antenna 1 peduncle slender; antenna 2 subequal to antenna 1; gnathopod 2 propodus shorter, more convex.
Habitat.
Among gravel with
Corallinaceae
Lamouroux, 1812
;
1–30 m
.
Host.
Unknown.
Distribution.
Mediterranean Sea: Naples (Della Vale 1893;
Stebbing 1906
,
Chevreux & Fage 1925
; Krapp- Schickel 1975),
Monaco
(Chevreux 1910;
Chevreux & Fage 1925
), Marseilles (
Ledoyer 1968
;
Bellan-Santini 1972
), Sardinia (
Krapp-Schickel 1989
). Tyrenhian Sea: Ischia (
Karaman 1971
), Gulf of Taranto (
Krapp-Schickel 1971
). Adriatic Sea: Boka Kotorska Bucht (
Ruffo 1946
).