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Leucothoe diemensis

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Leucothoe diemensis (Haswell, 1879)

Leucothoe diemensis Haswell, 1879a: 262, 263, pl. 9, fig. 5. — Haswell, 1882: 249. — Stebbing, 1906: 168. — Stebbing, 1910b: 636. —J.L. Barnard, 1974b: 94. — Myers, 1985: 92, 93, figs 71, 72. — Lowry & Stoddart, 2003: 155.

Type locality and specimens. Esperence Point, d'Entrecasteaux Channel, Tasmania, 43º19.5'S 147º05.5'E. Types apparently lost.

Material examined. No material available for examination. Diagnosis based on description by Haswell (1879) and Myers (1985).

Diagnosis. Gnathopod 2 carpus with large subdistal tooth. Coxa 3 distal margin oblique. Pereopods 5–7 bases narrowly expanded.

Female (sexually dimorphic characters). Gnathopod 2 carpus distally rounded with a large subdistal tooth; propodus with more sparse mediofacial setae; and submarginal setae present.

Habitat. Among lace bryozoans and red algae.

Host. Sponges.

Distribution. Pacific Ocean: Tasmania (Haswell 1879a; Haswell 1882; Stebbing 1906; J.L. Barnard 1974b; Lowry & Stoddart 2003), New South Wales, Australia (Stebbing 1910b), Fiji (Myers 1985c).

Notes

Published as part of White, Kristine N., 2011, A taxonomic review of the Leucothoidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) 3078, pp. 1-113 in Zootaxa 3078 (1) on page 50, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3078.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5243821

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Biodiversity

Family
Ericaceae
Genus
Leucothoe
Kingdom
Plantae
Order
Ericales
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Scientific name authorship
Haswell
Species
diemensis
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Leucothoe diemensis (Haswell, 1879) sec. White, 2011

References

  • Haswell, W. A. (1879 a) On Australian Amphipoda. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 4, 245 - 279.
  • Haswell, W. A. (1882) Catalogue of the Australian Stalk-and Sessile-eyed Crustacea. Australian Museum, Sydney, 324 pp.
  • Stebbing, T. R. R. (1906) Amphipoda I. Gammaridea. Das Tierreich, 21, 806.
  • Stebbing, T. R. R. (1910 b) Scientific results of the trawling expedition of the H. M. C. S. " Thetis ". Crustacea. Part V. Amphipoda. Australian Museum Memoir, 4, 565 - 658.
  • Barnard, J. L. (1974 b) Gammaridean Amphipoda of Australia, Part II. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 139, 1 - 148.
  • Myers, A. A. (1985) Shallow - water, coral reef and mangrove Amphipoda (Gammaridea) of Fiji. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 5, 1 - 143.
  • Lowry, J. K. & Stoddart, H. E. (2003) Crustacea, Malacostraca, Syncarida, Peracarida. In: Beesley, P. L. & Houston, W. W. K. (Eds.), Zoological Catalogue of Australia 19.2 B. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, pp. 531.