A taxonomic review of the Leucothoidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) 3078
Author
White, Kristine N.
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Zootaxa
2011
2011-10-28
3078
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3078.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3078.1.1
11755334
5243821
Leucothoidae
Dana, 1852
Diagnosis.
Body laterally compressed, cuticle smooth. Pereonite 1 with lateral locking-ridge in anamixid clade. Accessory flagellum minute, 1–2 articulate or lacking. Maxilliped outer plates small; palp four articulate. Mouthparts well developed in leucothoid clade: Mandibular palp three articulate, molar absent. Maxilla 1 palp one or two articulate. Mouthparts greatly reduced in anamixid clade. Gnathopod 1 carpochelate, sometimes absent in the anamixid clade. Gnathopod 2 carpochelate. Pereopods 5–7 bases usually expanded. Urosomites free. Telson entire. Leucothoid clade with little to moderate sexual dimorphism. Anamixid clade with extreme sexual dimorphism.