Leucothoe ctenochir K.H. Barnard, 1925

White, Kristine N., 2011, A taxonomic review of the Leucothoidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) 3078, Zootaxa 3078 (1), pp. 1-113 : 49

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3078.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5244147
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038D8786-FFCF-FFE2-FF71-E8FCFB278BC5
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scientific name	Leucothoe ctenochir K.H. Barnard, 1925
status

Treatment

Leucothoe ctenochir K.H. Barnard, 1925: 342–344 , pl. 34, fig. 8. — Griffiths, 1974b: 246. — Griffiths, 1974c: 302. — Griffiths, 1975: 140. — Ledoyer, 1979a: 102, fig. 62. — Ledoyer, 1986: 655–657, fig. 249.

Type locality and specimens. Port Shepstone , South Africa. Holotype, male, 6.5 mm, SAM A4404 .

Material examined. No material available for examination. Diagnosis based on description by K. H. Barnard (1925) and Ledoyer (1979).

Diagnosis. Gnathopod 1 basis proximally expanded; propodus proximally inflated. Gnathopod 2 basis distally expanded; propodus palm with six to seven comb-like tubercles.

Note. Barnard’s (1925) original description is vague, but subsequent reports agree closely.

Female (sexually dimorphic characters). No significant sexually dimorphic character.

Habitat. Habitat not reported; 65 m (reported as 36 fthm).

Host. Unknown.

Distribution. Indian Ocean: Port Shepstone (K.H. Barnard 1925), east coast Durban to Cape Peninsula ( Griffiths 1974b; Griffiths 1974c; Griffiths 1975), Tulear, Madagascar ( Ledoyer 1979a; Ledoyer 1986).