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 diemensis
(Haswell, 1879)
Leucothoe diemensis
Haswell, 1879a: 262
, 263, pl. 9, fig. 5. —
Haswell, 1882: 249
. —
Stebbing, 1906: 168
. —
Stebbing, 1910b: 636
. —J.L.
Barnard, 1974b: 94
. —
Myers, 1985: 92
, 93, figs 71, 72. —
Lowry & Stoddart, 2003: 155
.
Type
locality and specimens.
Esperence Point
,
d'Entrecasteaux Channel
,
Tasmania
,
43º19.5'S
147º05.5'E
.
Types
apparently lost.
Material examined.
No material available for examination. Diagnosis based on description by Haswell (1879) and
Myers (1985)
.
Diagnosis.
Gnathopod 2 carpus with large subdistal tooth. Coxa 3 distal margin oblique. Pereopods 5–7 bases narrowly expanded.
Female
(sexually dimorphic characters).
Gnathopod 2 carpus distally rounded with a large subdistal tooth; propodus with more sparse mediofacial setae; and submarginal setae present.
Habitat.
Among lace bryozoans and red algae.
Host.
Sponges.
Distribution.
Pacific Ocean:
Tasmania
(
Haswell 1879a
;
Haswell 1882
;
Stebbing 1906
; J.L.
Barnard 1974b
;
Lowry & Stoddart 2003
),
New South Wales
,
Australia
(
Stebbing 1910b
),
Fiji
(Myers 1985c).