Urothoe, Dana, 1852

Horton, Tammy, 2008, Amphipoda from marine caves of Hong Kong Island, Journal of Natural History 42 (9 - 12), pp. 825-854 : 849

Urothoe sp. A (aff. U. cuspis )

Material examined

Long Kei Wan, control site Z, 20 female specimens, NHM Reg. Nos. 2005.2781–2790.

Remarks

This species is closest to Urothoe cuspis Imbach 1967 , and can be distinguished from all other Urothoe species by the distinct anterodistal and posterodistal cusps on coxa 2. Urothoe sp. A differs from Urothoe cuspis Imbach (1967) in the possession of acute posterodistal cusps on all coxae, that of coxa 7 being particularly acute. The species does not correspond with other known Urothoe species reported from the area by Lowry (2000). A full description of this species (and other Urothoe species from Hong Kong) is in progress and will be published elsewhere.