Leucothoe pollexa White & Thomas, 2009

White, Kristine N., 2011, A taxonomic review of the Leucothoidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) 3078, Zootaxa 3078 (1), pp. 1-113 : 66

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3078.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5244261
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038D8786-FFBE-FF93-FF71-EC8DFBFE8E05
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Leucothoe pollexa White & Thomas, 2009
status

Treatment

Leucothoe pollexa White & Thomas, 2009: 525–528 View Cited Treatment , figs 19, 20.

Type locality and specimens. Picnic Beach , Palfrey Island, Lizard Island, 14°41.70'S 145°26.92'E. Holotype, male, 4.8 mm, AM P 79815; paratype, female, 4.9 mm, AM P 79816. GoogleMaps

Material examined. Unmeasured males and females, AM P 79815, AM P 79816, AM P 70624, AM P 70953, AM P 79868, GCRL 2890. Diagnosis based on description by White & Thomas (2009).

Diagnosis. Anterior head margin truncate. Maxilla 1 palp one articulate. Gnathopod 1 coxa with one facial seta; basis bare; carpus proximal margin serrate, distal margin setose; dactylus short. Gnathopod 2 carpus curved with large subdistal tooth, serrate; propodus palm linear with three major projections. Epimeron 3 posteroventral margin with bi-dentate cusp. Uropods 1–3 rami lined with short marginal setae.

Female (sexually dimorphic characters). Gnathopod 1 basis anterior margin with four to five setae; ischium with three posterior setae. Gnathopod 2 basis with five to eight anterior and five to six posterior setae; propodus palm projections less prominent; carpus distally truncate, without subdistal tooth. Pereopods 3, 5–7 coxae with facial setae. Epimeron 1 with two anteroventral setae.

Habitat. Among coral rubble and muddy sand; 0–1 meter.

Host. Unknown.

Distribution. Pacific Ocean: Lizard Island, Australia ( White & Thomas 2009).