Leucothoe articulosa ( Montagu, 1804 )

White, Kristine N., 2011, A taxonomic review of the Leucothoidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) 3078, Zootaxa 3078 (1), pp. 1-113 : 42

Leucothoe articulosa ( Montagu, 1804)

Cancer articulosus Montagu, 1804: 70 , 71, pl. 6, fig. 6.

Leucothoe articulosa Costa, 1851: 24 . — Bate, 1862: 156, pl. 29, fig. 2. — Krapp-Schickel & Menioui, 2005: p. 66 –68, figs 2, 3. Leucothoe spinicarpa Lincoln, 1979: 174 , figs 77, 78.

Type locality and specimens. South coast of Devonshire. Types lost. Krapp-Schickel & Menioui, 2005 redecsribed this species without designating a neotype: Loch Tyne and Roscoff Cognetti. Males and females, 5.5–13 mm.

Material examined. No material available for examination. Diagnosis based on description by Krapp- Schickel & Menioui (2005) and Lincoln (1979).

Diagnosis (sex unknown). Gnathopod 2 carpus with a large subdistal tooth; propodus with mediofacial setal row displaced to midline. Epimeron 3 posteroventral corner produced.

Female (sexually dimorphic characters). Unknown.

Habitat. Among algae; depth not reported, intertidal.

Host. Sponges, ascidians.

Distribution. Northern Atlantic Ocean: along English coasts ( Montagu 1804; Bate 1862; Lincoln 1979; Krapp-Schickel & Menioui 2005); Mediterranean Sea: Naples ( Costa 1851).