Leucothoe madrasana Sivaprakasam

Myers, A. A., 2014, Amphipoda (Crustacea) from the Chagos Archipelago, Zootaxa 3754 (1), pp. 1-31 : 17-18

Leucothoe madrasana Sivaprakasam

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Leucothoe madrasana Sivaprakasam, 1969: 388 , fig. 4. — Ledoyer, 1972: 250, pl. 60. — Ledoyer, 1978: 298. — Ledoyer, 1979: 105. — Ledoyer, 1986: 664, fig. 255. — Appadoo & Steele, 1998: 639.

Material examined. 1 unsexed, Diego Garcia, outer reef, dead branching coral heads, 10 m. C. Head and H. Koldewey, 15.02.2012 ( OUMNH.ZC.2013.06.053); 4 unsexed, Diego Garcia, outer reef, dead branching coral heads, 10 m. C. Head and H. Koldewey, 16.02.2012 ( OUMNH.ZC.2013.06.054); 1 unsexed, Peros Banhos, outer reef, dead branching coral heads, 10 m. C. Head and H. Koldewey, 23.02.2012 ( OUMNH.ZC.2013.06.055); 3 unsexed, Peros Banhos, outer reef, dead branching coral heads, 10 m. C. Head and H. Koldewey, 24.02.2012 ( OUMNH.ZC.2013.06.056); 6 unsexed, Great Chagos Bank – Eagle Island, outer reef, dead branching coral heads, 10 m. C. Head and H. Koldewey, 27.02.2012 ( OUMNH.ZC.2013.06.057); 6 unsexed, Great Chagos Bank – Eagle Island, outer reef, dead branching coral heads, 10 m. C. Head and H. Koldewey, 28.02.2012 ( OUMNH.ZC.2013.06.058); 5 unsexed, Egmont, outer reef, dead branching coral heads, 10 m. C. Head and H. Koldewey, 0 1.03.2012 ( OUMNH.ZC.2013.06.059); 1 male, 1 female, 2 unsexed, Diego Garcia, outer reef, dead branching coral heads, 10 m. C. Head and H. Koldewey, 0 3.03.2012 ( OUMNH.ZC.2013.06.060). Remarks. Present material agrees well with the description of L. madrasana Sivaprakasam (1969) from India. Habitat. Dead branching coral.

Distribution. India, Chagos archipelago, Madagascar, Mauritius.

Figures

FIGURE 15. Leucothoe madrasana Sivaprakasam, male, 3.0 mm, Diego Garcia.

FIGURE 16. Leucothoe madrasana Sivaprakasam, male, 3.0 mm, Diego Garcia.