Leucothoe Leach 1814
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Key to Leucothoe species from Brazil (according to updated checklist by Serejo & Siqueira, 2018)
1. Gnathopod 2, coxa 2 with truncated corners.................................... L. kensleyi Thomas & Klebba, 2006
- Gnathopod 2, coxa 2 with rounded corners................................................................. 2
2. Gnathopod 2, anteriorly excavated and projected to dactylus......................... L. laurensi Thomas & Ortiz, 1995
- Gnathopod 2, anteriorly convex and not projected to dactylus.................................................. 3
3. Mandibular palp article 3 reduced (smaller or subequal in length to article 1)...................................... 4
- Mandibular palp article 3 well developed (notably longer than article 1)…........................................ 7
4. Pereopod 7 basis globose (about 20% longer than large) with posterior margin subtriangular…........................ 5
- Pereopod 7 basis thin (about 40% longer than large) with posterior margin rounded…............................... 6
5. Gnathopod 1 dactylus short, reaching 10% of propodus length…............................ L. lihue J.L. Barnard, 1970
- Gnathopod 1 dactylus long, reaching more than 50% of propodus length…................... L. occidentalis Reid, 1951
6. Coxa 3-4 crenulate on distal margin…................................................... L. leptosa Serejo, 1998
- Coxa 3-4 smooth on distal margin….................................................. L. urospinosa Serejo, 1998
7. Gnathopod 1 (males) dactylus longer than basis with strong subtriangular processes…........ L. cheirisierra Serejo, 1998
- Gnathopod 1 (males) dactylus as long or smaller than basis, without strong subrtriangular processes….................. 8
8. Gnathopod 2 (males) basis anteroventral corner projected, propodus two times longer than large …................................................................................................... L. basilobata Serejo, 1998
- Gnathopod 2 (males) basis anteroventral corner not projected, propodus three times longer than large….. L. oxumae sp. nov.
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Leach
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Amphipoda
- Family
- Leucothoidae
- Genus
- Leucothoe
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Leucothoe Leach, 1814 sec. Alves, Neves & Johnsson, 2020
References
- Serejo, C. S. & Siqueira, S. G. L. (2018) Catalogue of the Order Amphipoda from Brazil (Crustacea, Peracarida): Suborders Amphilochidea, Senticaudata and Order Ingolfiellida. Zootaxa, 4431 (1), 1 - 139. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4431.1.1
- Thomas, J. D. & Klebba, K. N. (2006) Studies of commensal leucothoid amphipods, two new sponge-inhabiting species from south Florida and the Western Caribbean. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 26, 13 - 22. https: // doi. org / 10.1651 / C- 2624.1
- Thomas, J. D. & Ortiz, M. (1995) Leucothoe laurensi, a new species of leucothoid amphipod from Cuban waters (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Leucothoidae). Proceedings of the biological Society of Washington, 108 (4), 613 - 616.
- Barnard, J. L. (1970) Sublittoral Gammaridea (Amphipoda) of the Hawaiian Islands. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 34, 1 - 286. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00810282.34
- Reid, D. M. (1951) Report on the Amphipoda (Gammaridea and Caprellidea) of the coast of tropical West Africa. Atlantide Report, 2, 189 - 291.