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 ubouhu
Thomas & Klebba, 2007
Leucothoe ubouhu
Thomas & Klebba, 2007: 25–30
, figs 15–18. —
White, 2011: 30
, 31, fig. 8.
Type locality and specimens.
Co Cat Cay
,
Pelican Cays
,
Belize
,
16º39.527’N
88º12.032’W
.
Holotype
, male, 9.0 mm,
YPM
38656;
paratype
, female,
7.8 mm
,
YPM
38657.
Material examined.
Unmeasured males and females,
YPM
38656,
YPM
38657,
YPM
38658. Diagnosis based on description by
Thomas & Klebba (2007)
.
Diagnosis.
Angular anterior head margin; anterodistal margin slightly concave. Mandibular palp article 2 with 16–17 setae. Gnathopod 1 coxa with serrate anterior margin. Gnathopod 2 carpus distally truncate; propodus with two mediofacial setal rows, palm with three major tubercles.
Female
(sexually dimorphic characters).
Gnathopod 1 basis posterior margin with slight proximal inflation, anterior margin with nine setae, posterodistal margin with 10 long setae. Gnathopod 2 basis anterior margin with 11 scattered long and short setae, anterodistal corner with tuft of four short setae, posterodistal margin with three setae; carpus distally oblique, with six to eight apical setae.
Habitat.
Coral reefs;
2–15 m
.
Host.
Sponge:
Spongia obliqua
.
Distribution.
Atlantic Ocean: Florida Keys (
Thomas & Klebba 2007
) Caribbean Sea:
Belize
(
Thomas & Klebba 2007
),
Panama
(
White 2011
).