Leucothoe procera Bate 1857
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Leucothoe procera Bate, 1857: 146. — Myers & McGrath, 1982b: 697, 698, figs 1, 2.
Leucothoe furina Bate, 1862: 157, pl. 29, fig. 3. — Bate & Westwood, 1863: 274, unnumbered fig. (not Lycesta furina Savigny, 1816: 109, 110, pl. 4, figs 2.1, 2b).
Leucothoe sp. nov. Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 1957: 212.
Leucothoe richiardii Lincoln, 1979: 174, figs 77f, 78e–j (not L. richiardii Lessona, 1865: 426).
Type locality and specimens. Type material lost. Material examined by Myers & McGrath: Galway Bay. Unmeasured male and females.
Material examined. No material available for examination. Diagnosis based on description by Myers & McGrath (1982).
Diagnosis. Gnathopod 1 coxa with serrate distal margin; propodus curved. Gnathopod 2 basis, ischium, merus with setose posterior margins; carpus with large subdistal tooth; propodus mediofacial setal row displaced to midline, palm with two large tubercles; dactylus with one tubercle. Pereopods 5–7 bases narrowly expanded. Epimeron 3 posteroventral corner sinuous with simple cusp. Freshly preserved specimens are white with distinct red spots on the body and coxae.
Female (sexually dimorphic characters). Gnathopod 2 carpus distally rounded; propodus much smaller than male, more rounded, palm dentate, primary mediofacial setal row less displaced and longer.
Habitat. Among shell gravel; 65 m.
Host. Unknown.
Distribution. Atlantic Ocean: British Isles (Myers & McGrath 1982b; Bate 1857; Bate 1862; Bate & Westwood 1863; Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1957; Lincoln 1979)
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- Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.3078.1.1 (DOI)
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Biodiversity
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Leucothoe
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Order
- Ericales
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Scientific name authorship
- Bate
- Species
- procera
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Leucothoe procera Bate, 1857 sec. White, 2011
References
- Bate, C. S. (1857) A synopsis of the British edriophthalmous Crustacea. Annals and magazine of Natural History, series 2, 19, 135 - 152.
- Myers, A. A. & McGrath, D. (1982 b) Taxonomic studies on British and Irish Amphipoda. Re-establishment of Leucothoe procera. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 62, 693 - 698.
- Bate, C. S. (1862) Catalogue of the specimens of Amphipodus Crustacea in the collection of the British Museum. Taylor and Francis, London, 399 pp.
- Bate, C. S. & Westwood, J. O. (1863) A History of the British Sessile - Eyed Crustacea 1. John van Voorst, London, 507 pp.
- Savigny, J. C. (1816) Memoires sur les Animaux sans vertebres. Permiere partie. Description et classification des animaux invertebres et articules, connus sous les noms de Crustaces, d'Insectes, d'Annelides, etc. Chez Deterville, Paris, 84 pp.
- Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. (1957) Plymouth Marine Fauna. Third Edition. Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Plymouth, 457 pp.
- Lincoln, R. J. (1979) British Marine Amphipoda, Gammaridea. British Museum, London, 658 pp.
- Lessona, M. (1865) Sopra due nuove specie di animali invertebrati raccolte nel Golfo di Genova. Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali, 8, 423 - 428.