A taxonomic review of the Leucothoidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) 3078 Author White, Kristine N. text Zootaxa 2011 2011-10-28 3078 1 1 113 https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3078.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3078.1.1 1175­5334 5243821 Leucothoe madrasana Sivaprakasam, 1969b Leucothoe madrasana Sivaprakasam, 1969b: 388–390 , fig. 4. — Ledoyer, 1972: 250 , pl. 60. — Ledoyer, 1978a: 289–299 . — Ledoyer, 1979a: 105–107 . — Ledoyer, 1986: 664–667 , fig. 255. — Ortiz & Lalana, 1997: 108 . Type locality and specimens. Royapuram Beach , Madras , India . Holotype , male, 3.7 mm ; allotype , unmeasured female; paratypes , unmeasured, NSZI . Material examined. No material available for examination. Diagnosis based on description by Sivaprakasam (1969) . Diagnosis. Truncate anterior head margin; anterodistal margin with cusp. Ventral keel anteroventral margin with cusp. Gnathopod 1 coxa with serrate anterior margin. Gnathopod 2 basis with heavily setose anterior margin; carpus distally truncate; propodus palm with four tubercles. Coxa 4 with serrate distal margin. Note. Ledoyer (1986) illustrates a much less setose gnathopod 2 and the material used in this description should be examined to determine if it is L. madrasana . Female (sexually dimorphic characters). Gnathopod 2 palm with smaller tubercles. Habitat. Among holothurians; 2–30 m . Host. Unknown. Distribution. Indian Ocean: Madras Coast, India ( Sivaprakasam 1969b ), Mauritius , Madagascar ( Ledoyer 1972 ; Ledoyer 1978a ; Ledoyer 1979a ; Ledoyer 1986 ). Indo–Pacific Ocean: Bunaken, Indonesia ( Ortiz & Lalana 1997 ).