Leucothoe affinis Stimpson, 1856a

White, Kristine N., 2011, A taxonomic review of the Leucothoidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) 3078, Zootaxa 3078 (1), pp. 1-113 : 40

Leucothoe affinis Stimpson, 1856a

Leucothoe affinis Stimpson, 1856a: 394 . — Bate, 1862: 378. — Della Valle, 1893: 656. — Stebbing, 1906: 168. — Stebbing, 1910a: 453.

Type locality and specimens. False Bay , Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. 12.7 mm (reported as 0.5 inch) .

Material examined. No material available for examination. Diagnosis based on description by Stimpson (1856).

Diagnosis (sex unknown). Della Valle (1893) suggests that this species may correspond to Leucothoe richiardii .

Note. The existence of this species is uncertain. The original description is so vague that it merely places the species in the Leucothoidae . The species was never illustrated and pending analysis of type or topotypic material, this should not be considered a valid species.

Female (sexually dimorphic characters). Unknown.

Habitat. Among gravel, coralline zone; depth not reported, littoral.

Host. Unknown.

Distribution. South Africa: False Bay, Cape of Good Hope ( Stimpson 1856a).