Leucothoe epidemos White & Thomas, 2009

White, Kristine N., 2011, A taxonomic review of the Leucothoidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) 3078, Zootaxa 3078 (1), pp. 1-113 : 50-51

Leucothoe epidemos White & Thomas, 2009

Leucothoe epidemos White & Thomas, 2009: 505–508 , figs 7, 8.

Type locality and specimens. Watsons Bay , Lizard Island, 14°39.41'S 145° 27.14°E. Holotype, male, 14.6 mm, AM P 70663; paratype, female, 12.7 mm, AM P 71221.

Material examined. Unmeasured males and females, AM P 70663, AM P 71221, AM P 70631, AM P 70589, AM P 70647, AM P 70662, AM P 70736, AM P 70754, AM P 70761, AM P 70764, AM P 70918, AM P 70970, AM P 70885, AM P 17028, AM P 71175, AM P 71184, AM P 71100, AM P 71168, AM P 71260, AM P 71230, AM P 71281, AM P 71377, AM P 71354, AM P 71380, AM P 71372, AM P 71358, AM P 71427, AM P 71416, AM P 71492. Diagnosis based on description by White & Thomas (2009).

Diagnosis. Eyes posteriorly concave. Mandibular palp article 2 with 17–18 distal setae. Gnathopod 1 coxa with one facial seta; basis anterior margin with 12 setae; carpus proximal margin with three serrate rows, distal margin setose. Gnathopod 2 basis widened anterodistally with three distal tubercles, anterior margin with 12–14 setae; carpus distally truncate, spoon-like, smooth; propodus with one mediofacial setal row displaced to midline, palm convex with four major projections.

Female (sexually dimorphic characters). Gnathopod 2 carpus not spoon-like, anterior margin serrate; propodus mediofacial setal row less setose; submarginal setal row with eight setae. Pereopod 3 with marginal setae.

Habitat. Among algae and coral rubble; 2– 20 m.

Host. Ascidians: Polycarpa aurata ( Quoy and Gaimard, 1834) , Atriolum robustum Kott, 1983 and Styela sp ; Sponge: Spirastrella vagabunda ( Ridley, 1884) .

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