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 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
).