Leucothoe stylifera Stimpson, 1856

White, Kristine N., 2011, A taxonomic review of the Leucothoidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) 3078, Zootaxa 3078 (1), pp. 1-113 : 72

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3078.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5244327
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038D8786-FFB8-FF95-FF71-EA4FFCEA8A9F
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Leucothoe stylifera Stimpson, 1856
status

Treatment

Leucothoe stylifera Stimpson, 1856b: 383 . — Bate, 1862: 377, 378. — Della Valle, 1893: 656. — Stebbing, 1906: 169.

Type locality and specimens. Japan. Holotype, sex unknown, 16.8 mm (reported as 1/ 3 inch).

Material examined. No material available for examination. Diagnosis based on description by Bate (1862).

Diagnosis (sex unknown): Leucothoe stylifera should not be considered a valid species pending examination of type or topotypic material. Stimpson’s (1856) original description and illustrations and subsequent reports are vague. Bate reports this species as pale orange with red eyes.

Female (sexually dimorphic characters). Unknown.

Habitat. Habitat and depth not reported.

Host. Unknown.

Distribution. Pacific Ocean: Japan ( Stimpson 1856b).