Leucothoe minuscula Schellenberg, 1938a

White, Kristine N., 2011, A taxonomic review of the Leucothoidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) 3078, Zootaxa 3078 (1), pp. 1-113 : 62

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3078.1.1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5244210

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scientific name

Leucothoe minuscula Schellenberg, 1938a
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Leucothoe minuscula Schellenberg, 1938a

Leucothoe minuscula Schellenberg, 1938a: 23–25 , fig. 12.

Type locality and specimens. Aranuka, Gilbert Islands. Holotype, male, 2 mm; paratype, female, 2 mm.

Material examined. No material available for examination. Diagnosis based on description by Schellenberg, 1938a.

Diagnosis. Truncate anterior head margin. Gnathopod 1 basis anteroproximally expanded; propodus narrowing distally; dactylus very short. Gnathopod 2 basis distally expanded; carpus with small subdistal tooth; propodus palm convex with three to four major tubercles. Pereopod 7 basis broadly expanded.

Note. Leucothoe minuscula is very similar to L. micronesiae and Barnard (1965) states that L. micronesiae may represent the female of L. minuscula . Based on several morphological differences these are likely two separate species.

Female (sexually dimorphic characters). Gnathopod 1 basis not expanded; propodus with smaller tubercles.

Habitat. Coral reefs; depth not reported.

Host. Unknown.

Distribution. Pacific Ocean: Gilbert Islands (Schellenberg 1938).

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Ericales

Family

Ericaceae

Genus

Leucothoe

Loc

Leucothoe minuscula Schellenberg, 1938a

White, Kristine N. 2011
2011
Loc

Leucothoe minuscula

Schellenberg, A. 1938: 25
1938
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