A taxonomic review of the Leucothoidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) 3078
Author
White, Kristine N.
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3078.1.1
journal article
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Leucothoe campi
Mateus & Mateus, 1986
(
nomen novum
)
Leucothoe denticulata
Mateus & Mateus, 1966: 175–177
, figs 1, 2. —
Wakabara
et al.
, 1991: 69–77
(not
Costa
, 1851: 177
).
Leucothoe campi
Mateus & Mateus, 1986: 142–144
(
nomen novum
). —
Krapp-Schickel & Menioui, 2005: 81
.
Leucothoe mateusae
Barnard & Karaman, 1991: 412
(
nomen novum
).
Type locality and specimens.
Ponta
de Mina
,
Island Principe
, Gulf of Guinea.
Holotype
, male,
4.5 mm
;
paratypes
, male,
3 mm
(mutilated), juveniles, 2.0 and
1.2 mm
(mutilated).
Material examined.
No material available for examination. Diagnosis based on description by
Mateus & Mateus (1966)
and
Krapp-Schickel & Menioui (2005)
.
Diagnosis.
Gnathopod 2 basis distally expanded with anterior serrations; carpus distally truncate; and propodus palm with 3–4 major tubercles.
Note.
Mateus & Mateus described
Leucothoe denticulata
sp. n.
in 1966, but were unaware that
Leucothoe denticulata
Costa
, 1851
was a valid species. They created a nomen novum (
Leucothoe campi
) for the species in 1986.
Barnard & Barnard (1991)
were unaware of this and created a homonym for this species (
Leucothoe mateusae
). Mateus & Mateus’ original description of
Leucothoe campi
(as
Leucothoe denticulata
) is very vague with illustrations of only gnathopods 1 and 2. Examination of
type
or topotypic material is necessary to clarify diagnostic characters for this species.
Female
(sexually dimorphic characters).
No significantly sexually dimorphic character.
Habitat.
Habitat and depth not reported.
Host.
Unknown.
Distribution.
Atlantic Ocean: Gulf of
Guinea
, Africa (
Mateus & Mateus 1966
;
Mateus & Mateus 1986
;
Krapp-Schickel & Menioui 2005
),
Brazil
(
Wakabara
et al
. 1991
).