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Leucothoe venetiarum Soika 1949

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Leucothoe venetiarum Soika, 1949

Leucothoe venetiarum Soika, 1949: 189, 190, figs 1–3, 5–7. — Krapp-Schickel, 1975: 96, 97, pl. 3. — Krapp-Schickel, 1989: 457, fig. 310.

Type locality and specimens. Venetian Lagoon, Channel of Poveglia. Holotype, female, 5–6 mm.

Material examined. No material available for examination. Diagnosis based on description by Soika (1949) and Krapp-Schickel (1975).

Diagnosis (female). Short antennae 1–2. Gnathopod 1 dactylus short. Gnathopod 2 propodus mediofacial setal row below midline.

Note. Type and topotypic material should be examined to clarify diagnostic character for this species.

Male (sexually dimorphic characters). Gnathopod 2 coxa with serrate anterior margin; carpus with large subdistal tooth; propodus mediofacial setal row above midline, palm with three small tubercles.

Habitat. Among algae or Posidonia in lagoons; 2–70 m.

Host. Sponges and ascidians (Microcosmus Heller 1878).

Distribution. MediterraneanSea: Venetian Lagoon (Soika 1949), Naples (Krapp-Schickel 1975), Sardinia, Malta (Krapp-Schickel 1989). Adriatic Sea: Yugoslavia (Krapp-Schickel 1989).

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 75-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3078.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5243821

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Soika
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Ericales
Family
Ericaceae
Genus
Leucothoe
Species
venetiarum
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Leucothoe venetiarum Soika, 1949 sec. White, 2011

References

  • Soika, A. G. (1949) Gli anfipodi gammarini della Laguna di Venezia. Archivo di Oceanografia e Limnologia, 6, 165 - 212.
  • Krapp-Schickel, G. (1975) Revision of Mediterranean Leucothoe species (Crustacea, Amphipoda). Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona, 2, 91 - 118.
  • Krapp-Schickel, G. (1989) Family Leucothoidae. In: Ruffo, S. (Ed.), The Amphipoda of the Mediterranean. Part 2. Gammaridea (Haustoriidae to Lysianassidae). Memories de l'Institut Oceanographique, 13, pp. 443 - 459.
  • Heller, C. (1878) Beitrage zur nahern Kenntniss der Tunicaten Sitzber. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, 77 (1), 2 - 28.