A taxonomic review of the Leucothoidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) 3078
Author
White, Kristine N.
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Zootaxa
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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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Anamixis vanga
Thomas, 1997
Anamixis vanga
Thomas, 1997: 70–73
, figs 17, 18. —
White, 2011: 25
, 26, fig. 2.
Type locality and specimens.
Carrie Bow Cay
,
Belize
.
Holotype
, anamorph male,
4.85 mm
,
USNM 243319
;
paratypes
, anamorph male,
4.34 mm
,
USNM 243320
, leucomorph male,
3.14 mm
,
USNM 243321
, leucomorph females,
2.65 mm
,
USNM 243322
,
3.14 mm
,
USNM 243323
, unmeasured leucomorphs and anamorph,
USNM 243324
.
Material examined.
3 anamorph males and 4 leucomorph females (
JDT
Bel 06–5B); 5 leucomorph males and females (
JDT
Bel 06–3B). Diagnosis based on description by
Thomas (1997)
.
Diagnosis.
Ventral keel short and subrectangular. Gnathopod 1 carpus and propodus each having 1 terminal seta. Gnathopod 2 propodus elongate with 3 large projections.
Leucomorph
(juvenile/sexually dimorphic characters).
Male
or female. Head anterior margin rounded, anterodistal margin evenly rounded. Ventral cephalic keel anterior margin rounded, anteroventral margin with a downward projecting cusp. Mouthparts well-developed. Mandibular palp one articulate. Gnathopod 1 anterodistal corner without cusp; carpus length 7 x width, distal margin setose, proximal margin dentate; propodus palm dentate; dactylus very short. Gnathopod 2 basis anterior margin with 1–3 setae; carpus 0.4 x propodus length, straight, distally truncate; propodus with one mediofacial setal row above midline, palm sub-rectangular; dactylus curved/geniculate.
Habitat.
Among coral rubble, back reef areas;
5–15 m
.
Host.
Large solitary tunicates, often
Ascidia interrupta
Heller, 1878
(in branchial baskets) and asconoid sponges.
Distribution.
Western Atlantic:
Georgia
to the Florida Keys (
Thomas 1997
). Caribbean Sea:
Belize
(
Thomas 1997
),
Panama
(
White 2011
).