Leucothoe basilobata Serejo, 1998

White, Kristine N., 2011, A taxonomic review of the Leucothoidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) 3078, Zootaxa 3078 (1), pp. 1-113 : 44-45

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3078.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5244129
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038D8786-FFD4-FFFE-FF71-EE99FCCC88D6
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scientific name	Leucothoe basilobata Serejo, 1998
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Treatment

Leucothoe basilobata Serejo, 1998: 119–123 , figs 10, 11.

Type locality and specimens. Abrolhos Reef , Bahia, Brazil, 17°59'S 38°45'W. Holotype, male, 3.3 mm, MNRJ 8539 View Materials ; paratypes, unmeasured males and females, MNRJ 8541 View Materials , MNRJ 11499 View Materials , MNRJ 11500 View Materials , USNM 282800 View Materials , ZMA Amph. 203829. GoogleMaps

Material examined. No material available for examination. Diagnosis based on description by Serejo (1998).

Diagnosis. Maxilla 1 palp constricted. Gnathopod 1 propodus palm strongly serrate. Gnathopod 2 basis with well-developed anterodistal lobe; propodus posterior margin subquadrate; dactylus short.

Female (sexually dimorphic characters). Gnathopod 2 basis is not expanded anteriorly, the propodus is more oval-shaped, and the dactylus is thinner than in males.

Habitat. Coral reefs; 10– 30 m.

Host. Sponges.

Distribution. Atlantic Ocean: Brazil ( Serejo 1998).