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 ctenochasma
Moore, 1987
Leucothoe ctenochasma
Moore, 1987: 251
, figs 9, 10. —
Lowry & Stoddart, 2003: 155
.
Type locality and specimens.
Tinderbox
,
d'Entrecasteaux Channel
,
Tasmania
.
Holotype
, female,
3 mm
,
AM
P
36290;
paratypes
, sex unkown,
3 mm
,
AM
P
36291, ovigerous female,
3 mm
, sex unknown,
2 mm
,
BMNH
.
Material examined.
No material available for examination. Diagnosis based on description by
Moore (1987)
.
Diagnosis
(female).
Maxilliped outer plate tuberculate. Mandibular palp article 3 short. Gnathopod 1 propodus and carpus narrow, elongate. Gnathopod 2 with high mediofacial row; carpus short. Pereopods 5–7 bases narrowly expanded. Telson with facial setae, apex bidentate. Moore reported the color of
L. ctenochasma
as pale pink.
Male
(sexually dimorphic characters). Unknown.
Habitat.
Among holdfasts of
Ecklonia radiata
;
3–
4 m
.
Host.
Sponges:
Callyspongia
Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
,
Holopsamma laminaefavosa
,
Mycale
sp.
, and
Phorbas
sp.
Distribution.
Pacific Ocean:
Tasmania
(
Moore 1987
;
Lowry & Stoddart 2003
).