Leucothoe thula White & Thomas 2009
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Description
Leucothoe thula White & Thomas, 2009
Leucothoe thula White & Thomas, 2009: 538–541, figs 27, 28.
Type locality and specimens. 500 m northeast of North Point, Lizard Island, 14°38.700'S 145°27.213'E. Holotype, male, 2.7 mm, AM P 71122; paratype, female, 3.2 mm, AM 79817.
Material examined. Unmeasured male and females, AM P 71122, AM P 79817, AM P 71022. Diagnosis based on description by White and Thomas (2009).
Diagnosis. Eyes distally concave. Maxilla 1 palp one articulate. Gnathopod 1 coxa anterodistal margin sub-triangular, with one long facial seta; carpus proximal margin serrate, distal margin setose. Gnathopod 2 carpus distally tapered, smooth; propodus palm convex with three minor projections. Coxae 3–4 setose; coxae 3–6 with facial setae. Epimeron 1 with anteroventral tuft of three setae. Uropods 1–2 rami lined with short marginal setae. Uropod 2 outer ramus with one robust seta.
Female (sexually dimorphic characters). Epimera 1–2 bare.
Habitat. Among asteroid corals, solitary corals, hydroids, forams, crinoids, Halimeda macroloba, Halimeda cylindracea, Caulerpa taxifolia, a species of Gracilaria and a species of Lobophora; 23 m.
Host. Sponges.
Distribution. Pacific Ocean: Lizard Island, Australia (White & Thomas 2009).
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Related works
- Cites
- Taxonomic treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/C11B19133203FF9A5299FE3CFC610352 (URL)
- Is part of
- Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.3078.1.1 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/5243821 (URL)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFB4FFFEFFFFFFD2FFE6E86BFFC1897A (URL)
- Is source of
- https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/038D8786FFB8FF9AFF71EE19FB8188FD (URL)
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- AM, P
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Leucothoe
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Material sample ID
- AM 79817
- Order
- Ericales
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Scientific name authorship
- White & Thomas
- Species
- thula
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Leucothoe thula White, 2009 sec. White, 2011
References
- White, K. N. & Thomas, J. D. (2009) Leucothoidae. In: Lowry, J. K. & Myers, A. A. (Eds), Amphipoda (Crustacea, Peracarida) of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Zootaxa, 2260, 494 - 555.