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 kensleyi
(
Thomas & Klebba, 2006
)
Leucothoe tridens
J.L.
Barnard, 1965: 492
. —J.L.
Barnard, 1970: 211
, fig. 137. —J.L.
Barnard, 1971b: 103
. —
Serejo, 1998: 109–112
, figs 3, 4.
Leucothoe tridens recifensis
Schellenberg, 1938e: 205
, 206
Leucothoe kensleyi
Thomas & Klebba, 2006: 17–22
, figs 4–6. —
White, 2011: 29
, 30, fig. 6.
Type locality and specimens.
Fort Lauderdale
,
Florida
,
USA
,
26°09.762'N
80°05.412'W
.
Holotype
, male,
3.1 mm
,
USNM 1081601
;
paratypes
, male,
2.6 mm
, female,
2.9 mm
,
USNM 1081602
.
Material examined.
Unmeasured males and females,
USNM
1081601,
USNM
1081602, JLB Haw 6, JLB Haw 10,
MNRJ
–8566. Diagnosis based on description by
Thomas & Klebba (2006)
.
Diagnosis.
Quadrate anterodistal head margin with cusp. Coxae 1–4 with cuspate anterior and distal margins. Gnathopod 1 carpus narrow, attenuate. Coxa 4 anterodistal margin sharp. Pereopods 5–7 bases narrowly expanded. Epimera 2, 3 ventral margins serrate.
Note.
Barnard’s descriptions of
Leucothoe tridens
(1965, 1970, 1971) agree closely with
L. kensleyi
.
Material borrowed from C. Serejo collected in
Brazil
also closely agrees with
L. kensleyi
.
Female
(sexually dimorphic characters).
Gnathopod 2 propodus with single mediofacial setal row.
Habitat.
Coral reefs;
1–20 m
.
Host.
Sponges:
Callyspongia vaginalis
,
Iotrochota birotulata
,
and
Pseudoceratina crassa
.
Distribution.
Western Atlantic Ocean: South Florida and the Florida Keys (
Thomas & Klebba 2007
),
Brazil
(
Schellenberg 1938e
;
Serejo 1998
). Caribbean Sea:
Belize
(
Thomas & Klebba 2007
),
Panama
(
White 2011
). Pacific Ocean: Hawaii, Oahu (J.L.
Barnard 1965
; J.L.
Barnard 1970
; J.L.
Barnard 1971b
).