Leucothoe neptunea Moore, 1987

White, Kristine N., 2011, A taxonomic review of the Leucothoidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) 3078, Zootaxa 3078 (1), pp. 1-113 : 62-63

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3078.1.1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5244216

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scientific name

Leucothoe neptunea Moore, 1987
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Leucothoe neptunea Moore, 1987

Leucothoe neptunea Moore, 1987: 254–258 , figs 11–13. — Lowry & Stoddart, 2003: 156.

Type locality and specimens. Tinderbox, d'Entrecasteaux Channel , Tasmania. Holotype, male, 3 mm, AM P 36287; paratype, sex unknown, AM P 36288.

Material examined. No material available for examination. Diagnosis based on description by Moore (1987).

Diagnosis. Maxilliped outer plate tuberculate. Gnathopod 1 basis distally expanded; carpus and propodus narrow; dactylus short. Gnathopod 2 basis with setose posterior margin; carpus extremely short; propodus mediofacial setal row thick; dactylus elongate, geniculate. Coxa 3 distal margin serrate. Pereopods 5–7 bases narrowly expanded. Telson apex rounded.

Female (sexually dimorphic characters). Unknown.

Habitat. Among holdfasts of the brown kelp Ecklonia radiata ; 3– 4 m.

Host. Unknown.

Distribution. Pacific Ocean: Tasmania ( Moore 1987; Lowry & Stoddart 2003).

AM

Australian Museum

P

Museum National d' Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN) - Vascular Plants

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Ericales

Family

Ericaceae

Genus

Leucothoe

Loc

Leucothoe neptunea Moore, 1987

White, Kristine N. 2011
2011
Loc

Leucothoe neptunea

Lowry, J. K. & Stoddart, H. E. 2003: 156
Moore, P. G. 1987: 258
1987
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