A taxonomic review of the Leucothoidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) 3078
Author
White, Kristine N.
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Zootaxa
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3078.1.1
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Leucothoe euryonyx
Walker, 1901
Leucothoe euryonyx
Walker, 1901: 302
, 303, pl. 27, figs 24–26. —
Stebbing, 1906: 724
. —
Krapp-Schickel, 1969: 306
. —
Krapp-Schickel, 1975: 98
, pl. 4. —
Ledoyer, 1986: 658–661
, fig. 251. —
Krapp-Schickel, 1989: 444
, fig. 301.
Leucothoe dentitelson
Chevreux, 1925: 297–299
, figs 7, 8. —
Reid, 1951: 227
, 228, fig. 25. —
Griffiths, 1975: 140
.
Leucothoe quadrimana
Ruffo, 1946: 53
, 54. —
Ruffo & Krapp-Schickel, 1967: 85–91
, figs 1, 2.
Type locality and specimens.
Cannes.
Holotype
, female,
1.75 mm
.
Material examined.
No material available for examination. Diagnosis based on description by
Walker (1901)
and
Ruffo & Krapp-Schickel (1967)
.
Diagnosis
(female).
Gnathopod 1 carpus with distal setae; dactylus short. Gnathopod 2 basis distally expanded; carpus with small subdistal tooth; propodus palm sub-rectangular; dactylus short, thick. Pereopods 5–7 bases narrowly expanded. Epimeron 3 posteroventral corner with simple cusp.
Note.
Leucothoe euryonyx
of
Stebbing, 1906
,
Krapp-Schickel, 1969
,
1975
,
1989
, and
Ledoyer, 1986
;
Leucothoe dentitelson
of Chevreux, 1925,
Reid, 1951
, and
Griffiths, 1975
; and
Leucothoe quadrimana
of
Ruffo, 1946
, and
Ruffo & Krapp-Schickel, 1967
agree closely with Walker’s original description of the species.
Male
(sexually dimorphic characters). Gnathopod 2 propodus palm convex with two large tubercles; carpus distally truncate.
Habitat.
Among algae, rhizoids of
Cystoseira
C.
Agardh, 1820
,
Zostera
,
Posidonia
König
, and
Lithothamnium
Heydrich (1897)
;
1–190 m
.
Host.
Unknown.
Distribution.
Mediterranean Sea: Cannes (
Walker 1901
;
Stebbing 1906
), Capri (
Ruffo & Krapp-Schickel 1967
;
Krapp-Schickel 1989
), Tyrrhenia (
Krapp-Schickel 1969
), Naples (
Krapp-Schickel 1975
). Atlantic Ocean:
Senegal
, West Africa (Chevreux 1925;
Reid 1951
;
Griffiths 1975
;
Krapp-Schickel 1989
). Indian Ocean:
Madagascar
(
Ledoyer 1986
).