Leucothoe spinulosa Chevreux, 1919

White, Kristine N., 2011, A taxonomic review of the Leucothoidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) 3078, Zootaxa 3078 (1), pp. 1-113 : 71

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3078.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5244317
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scientific name	Leucothoe spinulosa Chevreux, 1919
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Leucothoe spinulosa Chevreux, 1919 View in CoL –1920

Leucothoe spinulosa Chevreux, 1919 View in CoL –1920: 579, 580. — Chevreux, 1927: 79–81, pl. 6, figs 1–10.

Type locality and specimens. Banc d'Arguin, Africa. Holotype, male, 6 mm; paratype, female, 6 mm.

Material examined. No material available for examination. Diagnosis based on description by Chevreux (1920).

Diagnosis. Minute accessory flagellum. Gnathopod 2 carpus with large subdistal tooth; propodus palm with five major tubercles. Pereopods 5–7 bases narrowly expanded. Epimeron 3 posteroventral corner sinuous with simple cusp. Telson apex truncate.

Note. The descriptions of L. spinulosa are vague. Examination of type or topotypic material will help to clarify diagnostic characters.

Female (sexually dimorphic characters). Gnathopod 2 propodus smaller with fewer denticles.

Habitat. Habitat not reported; 235 m.

Host. Unknown.

Distribution. Atlantic Ocean: Banc d'Arguin, Mauritiana, Africa (Chevreux 1920; Chevreux 1927).