Published October 28, 2011 | Version v1
Taxonomic treatment Open

Leucothoe safiae Lyons & Myers 1991

Description

Leucothoe safiae Lyons & Myers, 1991

Leucothoe safiae Lyons & Myers, 1991: 607–610, figs 7, 8.

Type locality and specimens. Aqaba, Jordan. Holotype, female, 3.6 mm; BMNH 1991.7.1.

Material examined. No material available for examination. Diagnosis based on description by Lyons & Myers (1991).

Diagnosis (female). Truncate anterior head margin. Vestigal accessory flagellum. Coxa 1 with facial setae. Gnathopod 2 propodus mediofacial setal row displaced to midline, palm with three large tubercles. Coxae 3–4 with setose distal margins. Pereopods 5–7 bases narrowly expanded. Epimeron 1 with anteroventral tuft of setae. Epimeron 3 posteroventral corner sinuous with simple cusp. Telson apex bidentate with marginal setae.

Male (sexually dimorphic characters). Unknown.

Habitat. Habitat not reported; 1–10 m.

Host. Unknown.

Distribution. Red Sea: Aqaba, Jordan (Lyons & Myers 1991).

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 page 69, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3078.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5243821

Files

Files (1.4 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:395399687c8d6f02503f629b4a82f755
1.4 kB Download

System files (8.9 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:09b55c815ca8df67798f00bbfa4dba67
8.9 kB Download

Linked records

Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
BMNH
Event date
1991-07-01
Family
Ericaceae
Genus
Leucothoe
Kingdom
Plantae
Order
Ericales
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Scientific name authorship
Lyons & Myers
Species
safiae
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Verbatim event date
1991-07-01
Taxonomic concept label
Leucothoe safiae Lyons, 1991 sec. White, 2011

References

  • Lyons, J. & Myers, A. A. (1991) Amphipoda Gammaridea from coral rubble in the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea, families Dexaminidae, Eusiridae, Isaeidae, Ischyroceridae, Leucothoidae, Liljeborgiidae, & Lysianassidae. Journal of Natural History, 25, 597 - 621.