Leucothoe procera Bate, 1857

White, Kristine N., 2011, A taxonomic review of the Leucothoidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) 3078, Zootaxa 3078 (1), pp. 1-113 : 67

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scientific name	Leucothoe procera Bate, 1857
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Leucothoe procera Bate, 1857: 146 . — Myers & McGrath, 1982b: 697, 698, figs 1, 2.

Leucothoe furina Bate, 1862: 157 , pl. 29, fig. 3. — Bate & Westwood, 1863: 274, unnumbered fig. (not Lycesta furina Savigny, 1816: 109 , 110, pl. 4, figs 2.1, 2b).

Leucothoe View in CoL sp. nov. Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 1957: 212.

Leucothoe richiardii Lincoln, 1979: 174 , figs 77f, 78e–j (not L. richiardii Lessona, 1865: 426 ).

Type locality and specimens. Type material lost. Material examined by Myers & McGrath: Galway Bay . Unmeasured male and females .

Material examined. No material available for examination. Diagnosis based on description by Myers & McGrath (1982).

Diagnosis. Gnathopod 1 coxa with serrate distal margin; propodus curved. Gnathopod 2 basis, ischium, merus with setose posterior margins; carpus with large subdistal tooth; propodus mediofacial setal row displaced to midline, palm with two large tubercles; dactylus with one tubercle. Pereopods 5–7 bases narrowly expanded. Epimeron 3 posteroventral corner sinuous with simple cusp. Freshly preserved specimens are white with distinct red spots on the body and coxae.

Female (sexually dimorphic characters). Gnathopod 2 carpus distally rounded; propodus much smaller than male, more rounded, palm dentate, primary mediofacial setal row less displaced and longer.

Habitat. Among shell gravel; 65 m.

Host. Unknown.

Distribution. Atlantic Ocean: British Isles ( Myers & McGrath 1982b; Bate 1857; Bate 1862; Bate & Westwood 1863; Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1957; Lincoln 1979)

References

Bate, C. S. (1857) A synopsis of the British edriophthalmous Crustacea. Annals and magazine of Natural History, series 2, 19, 135 - 152.

Bate, C. S. (1862) Catalogue of the specimens of Amphipodus Crustacea in the collection of the British Museum. Taylor and Francis, London, 399 pp.

Bate, C. S. & Westwood, J. O. (1863) A History of the British Sessile - Eyed Crustacea 1. John van Voorst, London, 507 pp.

Lessona, M. (1865) Sopra due nuove specie di animali invertebrati raccolte nel Golfo di Genova. Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali, 8, 423 - 428.

Lincoln, R. J. (1979) British Marine Amphipoda, Gammaridea. British Museum, London, 658 pp.

Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. (1957) Plymouth Marine Fauna. Third Edition. Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Plymouth, 457 pp.

Myers, A. A. & McGrath, D. (1982 b) Taxonomic studies on British and Irish Amphipoda. Re-establishment of Leucothoe procera. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 62, 693 - 698.

Savigny, J. C. (1816) Memoires sur les Animaux sans vertebres. Permiere partie. Description et classification des animaux invertebres et articules, connus sous les noms de Crustaces, d'Insectes, d'Annelides, etc. Chez Deterville, Paris, 84 pp.