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
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3078.1.1
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Leucothoe ashleyae
Thomas & Klebba, 2006
Leucothoe ashleyae
Thomas & Klebba, 2006: 14–16
, figs 1–3. —
White, 2011: 26
, 27, fig. 3.
Type locality and specimens.
Whale Shoals
,
Belize
,
16°45.838'N
88°05.723'W
.
Holotype
, male,
3.8 mm
,
USNM 1081597
;
paratypes
, male,
4.3 mm
, female,
2.9 mm
,
USNM 1081598
.
Material examined.
Unmeasured males and females,
USNM
1081597,
USNM
1081598,
USNM
1081599. Diagnosis based on description by
Thomas & Klebba (2006)
.
Diagnosis.
Gnathopod 1 propodus palm strongly serrate. Gnathopod 2 carpus serrate, expanded distally; propodus palm with two large projections. Epimeron 1 with anteroventral tuft of setae.
Female
(sexually dimorphic characters).
Gnathopod 2 carpus anterior margin smooth; propodus with three secondary mediofacial setae, palm smooth.
Habitat.
Coral reefs;
1–20 m
.
Host.
Sponges:
Callyspongia vaginalis
,
Amphimedon compressa
Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
,
Iotrochota birotulata
(
Higgin, 1877
)
,
Niphates digitalis
Lamarck, 1814
,
N. erecta
Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
,
Pseudoceratina crassa
(
Hyatt, 1875
)
, and
Tedania ignis
Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
.
Distribution.
Western Atlantic Ocean: Southeast Florida, Florida Keys (
Thomas & Klebba 2006
). Caribbean Sea:
Belize
, Roatan,
Panama
,
Bahamas
,
Vieques
,
Puerto Rico
(
Thomas & Klebba 2006
),
Panama
(
White 2011
).