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Leucothoe angusticoxa Ledoyer 1972

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Leucothoe angusticoxa Ledoyer, 1972

Leucothopsis angusticoxa Ledoyer, 1972: 250–253, pl. 61. — Ledoyer, 1978a: 302. — Ledoyer, 1979a: 111. — Ledoyer, 1986: 685–687, fig. 264.

Type locality and specimens. Tulear, Madagascar. Holotype, female, 4.8 mm; allotype, male, unmeasured.

Material examined. No material available for examination. Diagnosis based on description by Ledoyer (1972 c).

Diagnosis(female). Acute anterodistal head margin. Coxa 2 with acute anterodistal margin. Pereopods 5–7 bases narrowly expanded.

Note. Ledoyer’s descriptions of Leuocothoe angusticoxa are somewhat vague, although they all agree well with each other.

Male (sexually dimorphic characters). Unknown.

Habitat. Outer reef flat, among Turbinaria; 0–150 m.

Host. Unknown.

Distribution. Western Indian Ocean: Tulear, Mauritius, Madagascar (Ledoyer 1972; Ledoyer 1978a; Ledoyer 1979a; Ledoyer 1986).

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 pages 41-42, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3078.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5243821

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Ledoyer
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Ericales
Family
Ericaceae
Genus
Leucothoe
Species
angusticoxa
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Leucothoe angusticoxa Ledoyer, 1972 sec. White, 2011

References

  • Ledoyer, M. (1972) Amphipodes Gammariens vivant dans les Alveoles des constructions organogenes recifales intertidales de la region de Tulear (Madagascar). Tethys, Supplement 3, 165 - 286.
  • Ledoyer, M. (1978 a) Amphipodes Gammariens (Crustacea) des biotopes cavitaires organogenes recifaux de l'ile Maurice (Oce- an Indien). The Mauritius Institute Bulletin 8, 197 - 332.
  • Ledoyer, M. (1979 a) Expedition Rumphius II (1975) Crustaces parasites, commensaux, etc. (Th. Monod et R. Serene, ed.) VI. Crustaces Amphipodes Gammariens. Bulletin du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Series 4, 7, Section A, 1, 137 - 181.
  • Ledoyer, M. (1986) Crustaces Amphipodes Gammariens. Faune de Madagascar, 59, 646 - 687.