Leucothoe garifunae Thomas & Klebba, 2007

White, Kristine N., 2011, A taxonomic review of the Leucothoidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) 3078, Zootaxa 3078 (1), pp. 1-113 : 53

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3078.1.1
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scientific name	Leucothoe garifunae Thomas & Klebba, 2007
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Leucothoe garifunae Thomas & Klebba, 2007: 15–19 , figs 8–10.

Type locality and specimens. Spruce Cay , south of Wee Wee Cay, Belize, 16°44.119'N 88°08.544'W. Holotype, GoogleMaps

male, 5.2 mm, YPM 38646; paratype , female, 5.9 mm, YPM 38647 .

Material examined. Unmeasured males and females, YPM 38646, YPM 38647, YPM 38648. Diagnosis based on description by Thomas & Klebba (2007).

Diagnosis. Anterodistal head margin with a angular projection. Ventral keel projecting beyond head margin. Gnathopod 2 basis anterior margin with 30–40 long setae; propodus with long mediofacial setal row; numerous submarginal setae. Telson apex rounded.

Female (sexually dimorphic characters). Gnathopod 2 carpus lacking thick, blunt distal seta; propodus medial margin of palm with 12 longer setae versus 30+ shorter setae in males.

Habitat. Coral reefs; 1–4 m.

Host. Sponges: Iotrochota birotulata , Leucosolenia Bowerbank (1864) , and Desmapsamma anchorata ( Carter, 1882) (was Holopsamma helwigii de Laubenfels, 1936 a ).

Distribution. Western Atlantic Ocean: South Florida. Caribbean Sea: Belize ( Thomas & Klebba 2007).