Leucothoe procera Bate, 1857

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

Leucothoe procera Bate, 1857

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 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)