Leucothoe furina (Savigny, 1816)

Azman, B. A. R. & Othman, B. H. R., 2013, Shallow water marine gammaridean amphipods of Pulau Tioman, Malaysia, with the description of a new species, ZooKeys 335, pp. 1-31 : 10

Leucothoe furina (Savigny, 1816) Figure 7

Leucothoe hornelli Synonymy: Walker, 1904: 258-259, pl. 3, fig. 17.

Leucothoe furina (Savigny). Cecchini 1929: 771-773; K.H. Barnard 1931: 120; K.H. Barnard 1937: 152; Pirlot 1936; Ruffo 1938: 156; Nayar 1967: 142, fig. 5d; Imbach 1967: 79, pl. 21; Rabindranath 1967: 387-388, fig. 3; Bussarawich et al. 1984: 4.

Material.

4 specimens, TIO 28, Tulai, Pulau Tioman, 2°54'44"N, 104°6'18"E, coral rubble, Azman, B.A.R, Kee, A.A.,19 October 2003; 1 specimen,TIO 31,Tomok, Pulau Tioman, 2°47'38"N, 104°7'16"E, live corals ( Porites sp., Montipora sp., Acropora sp.), Azman, B.A.R., Kee, A.A., Zuhaimi, S., Maekawa, T., Okashita, T., 22 March 2004.

Remarks.

Referred to many times in the literature from Thailand, this is the first record of Leucothoe furina from the intertidal area of the Peninsular Malaysia. The synonymy of this circumtropical species was discussed by Rabindranath (1967). The Pulau Tioman material agrees with the earlier descriptions of Nayar (1967), Imbach (1967) and Rabindranath (1967) with a few variations. The minute accessory flagellum, stouter palp of the mandible, and spinose uropod 1 agrees well with Imbach’s specimen. The gnathopod 2 is unlike Imbach’s illustration, however the nearly smooth palm is also observed in Nayar’s illustration.