Leucothoe orkneyi Holman & Watling 1983
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Leucothoe orkneyi Holman & Watling, 1983
Leucothoe orkneyi Holman & Watling, 1983: 231–233, figs 12–14.
Type locality and specimens. Southern Ocean, South Orkney Islands, 61°26'–25' S 41°055'W. Holotype, male, 9.0 mm; paratypes, male and female, 4.5–9 mm.
Material examined. No material available for examination. Diagnosis based on description by Holman & Watling (1983).
Diagnosis. Ventral keel anterior margin excavate; anteroventral corner with projection. Maxilla 1 palp constricted. Maxilliped outer plate tuberculate. Gnathopod 1 carpus and propodus narrow; dactylus short. Gnathopod 2 carpus short with large subdistal tooth; dactylus geniculate. Coxa 6 with facial setae. Pereopods 5–7 bases narrowly expanded. Epimeron 3 posteroventral corner produced.
Female (sexually dimorphic characters). No significant sexually dimorphic character.
Habitat. Habitat not reported; 593–604 m.
Host. Unknown.
Distribution. Southern Ocean: South Orkney Islands (Holman & Watling 1983).
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- Is part of
- Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.3078.1.1 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/5243821 (URL)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFB4FFFEFFFFFFD2FFE6E86BFFC1897A (URL)
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- https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/038D8786FFC0FFEDFF71EDAEFB958E88 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- S
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Leucothoe
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Order
- Ericales
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Scientific name authorship
- Holman & Watling
- Species
- orkneyi
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Leucothoe orkneyi Holman, 1983 sec. White, 2011
References
- Holman, H. & Watling, L. (1983) Amphipoda from the Southern Ocean, Families Colomastigidae, Dexaminidae, Leucothoidae, Liljeborgiidae, & Sebidae. Antarctic Research Series, 38, 215 - 262.