Stenothoe levantina, Krapp-Schickel & Brutto, 2022

Krapp-Schickel, Traudl & Brutto, Sabrina Lo, 2022, Establishment of the nomenclatural status of two nomina, Stenothoe bella Krapp-Schickel & Lo Brutto, 2015 and Stenothoe levantina Krapp-Schickel & Lo Brutto, 2015 (Crustacea, Peracarida), unavailable for the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, Zootaxa 5092 (2), pp. 247-248 : 248

Stenothoe levantina sp. nov.

Stenothoe levantina Krapp-Schickel & Lo Brutto, 2015: 1–5 , figs. 4–5.

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Type material. HOLOTYPE: one specimen 1.1 mm mounted on slide in Faure's medium, sampling site 32°54'00.9"N 35°04'02.5"E, 25 February 2011, 12.4 m depth, deposited in the Museum of Zoology " P. Doderlein " University of Palermo, Palermo, 90123, Italy, coded as MZPA-AMPH-N_0007.

Type locality. Near Ashdod , Israel, Mediterranean .

Diagnosis. Gnathopod 1 carpus and merus short. Gnathopod 2 without sculpture, dactylus about as long as entire propodus. Peraeopods 6 and 7 basis rounded, posterodistal corner lengthened; merus strongly widened and acutely lengthened. Uropod 2 rami unequal. Uropod 3 peduncle subequal ramus. Telson spinose.

Etymology. The new species has been collected in the far East of the Mediterranean, the epitheton should allude to ‘Levante’, allegoric for sunrise or East in general.

Remarks. A full description and figures of S. levantina and list of additional non-type material examined is given by Krapp-Schickel & Lo Brutto (2015).

Ecological notes. Found among sand or mud ( Lo Brutto et al. 2019).