Leucothoe incisa Robertson 1892
Authors/Creators
- 1. Department of Zoology, School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece. chintigl @ bio. auth. gr; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2101 - 5979 & Marine & Environmental Research (MER) Lab Ltd, 4533, Limassol, Cyprus.
- 2. Institute of Marine Biology Biotechnology & Aquaculture (IMBBC), Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), Gournes Pediados, P. O. Box 2214,71003 Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
- 3. Australian Museum Research Institute, 1 William St., Sydney 2010, Australia.
- 4. T. C. Geomatic Ltd, 1095, Nicosia, Cyprus.
- 5. Department of Zoology, School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece. chintigl @ bio. auth. gr; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2101 - 5979
Description
9. Leucothoe incisa Robertson, 1892
Materials examined. 66 individuals; Stations Vas. 1(1), 2(3), 5(4), 9(3), 11(1), 12(3), 17(5), 19(2), 20(11), 21(2), 25(3), 28(4), 31(8), 32(2), 35(1), 37(4), 38(5), 39(2), 40 (2).
Distribution. Atlanto-Mediterranean (Bellan-Santini & Ruffo 2003). The species is reported in Cyprus for the first time. In Vasiliko Bay L. incisa is considered to be a common species (FI: 45.23 %).
Ecology. In Vasiliko Bay it was found at depths of 4–48 m (20 + 14 m), in muddy sand and sandy substrate, with organic matter ranging between 1.93–8.42 % (4.827 + 2.218 %) and in association with C. prolifera, C. cylindracea and C. nodosa. It was found in stations classified according to the Bentix Index as in: “high” (5 stations, 8 individuals), “good” (5 stations, 18 individuals) and “moderate” (9 stations, 40 individuals). It was recorded at the fish farm stations (9 individuals), ports (8 individuals), at the freshwater and power station outlets (3 individuals) and the buoy (2 individuals).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Robertson
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Amphipoda
- Family
- Leucothoidae
- Genus
- Leucothoe
- Species
- incisa
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Leucothoe incisa Robertson, 1892 sec. Rousou, Plaiti, Lowry, Charalambous & Chintiroglou, 2020
References
- Robertson, D. (1892) A second contribution towards a catalogue of the Amphipoda and Isopoda of the Firth of Clyde and west of Scotland. Proceedings and Transactions of the Natural History Society of Glasgow, 3, 199 - 223. [https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 12019298]
- Bellan-Santini, D. & Ruffo, S. (2003) Biogeography of benthic marine amphipods in Mediterranean Sea. Biogeographia-The Journal of Integrative Biogeography, 24 (1), 273 - 292. https: // doi. org / 10.21426 / B 6110176