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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Leucothoe brunonis
Krapp
–Shickel & Menioui, 2005
Leucothoe richiardii
Lincoln, 1979: 174
, figs 77f, 78e–j.
Leucothoe procera
Menioui & Ruffo, 1988: 171
, 172, fig. 6 (not
Myers & McGrath, 1982b
).
Leucothoe brunonis
Krapp-Schickel & Menioui, 2005: 76–80
, fig. 11.
Type locality and specimens.
South of
Bay
of Dakhla,
Morocco
.
Holotype
, female,
6 mm
, MVRCr 439/
H
, slides 4571–4572.
Material examined.
No material available for examination. Diagnosis based on description by Krapp- Schickel & Menioui (2005).
Diagnosis
(female).
Large irregular eyes. Coxae 1 and 3–7 with facial setae. Gnathopod 2 propodus palm smooth. Epimeron 1 with anterior and anteroventral tufts of setae. Lincoln listed the color of this species as yellow with transverse banding in red.
Note.
Krapp-Schickel & Menioui list the ecology and depth of
Leucothoe brunonis
as living among
Chaetopterus
Cuvier (1830)
tubes and
70 m
.
Lincoln listed these data for
Leucothoe richiardii
Marine Biological Association, 1957
, which has not been synonymized and should not be used to describe
Leucothoe brunonis
. Lincoln’s report of
Leucothoe richiardii
appears to agree closely with
Leucothoe brunonis
.
Male
(sexually dimorphic characters). No significantly sexually dimorphic character.
Habitat.
Among coarse sand or
Zostera
seaweeds; depth not recorded.
Host.
Unkown.
Distribution.
Atlantic Ocean: European and African coasts (
Lincoln 1979
),
Morocco
(
Menioui & Ruffo 1988
;
Krapp-Schickel & Menioui 2005
).