Leucothoe bidens Hirayama, 1985c

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Leucothoe bidens Hirayama, 1985c

Leucothoe bidens Hirayama, 1985c: 174–176 , fig. 170.

Leucothoe incisa Nagata, 1965a : 157,158, fig. 8 (not Leucothoe incisa Robertson, 1893: 217 ).

Type locality and specimens. Tomioka Bay , Japan. Holotype, female, 4.5 mm, AMBL –Amph. 82.

Material examined. No material available for examination. Diagnosis based on description by Hirayama (1985).

Diagnosis (female). Separate eye facet anterior to the eye. Maxilla 1 palp articulation obscure. Maxilla 2 inner plate with facial setae. Coxae 3–7 with facial setae. Gnathopods 1 and 2 bases with setose posterior margins. Pereopods 5–6 bases with facial setae. Epimeron 3 posteroventral corner sinuous with bi-dentate cusp.

Note. Hirayama synonymizes Leucothoe incisa Nagata, 1965 with this species, but the Nagata’s description is vague without illustrations and needs to be examined before confirmed as Leucothoe bidens .

Male (sexually dimorphic characters). Unknown.

Habitat. Among mud and Zostera Linnaeus, 1753 ; 4 m

Host. Unknown.

Distribution. East China Sea: West Kyushu, Tomioka Bay, Japan ( Hirayama 1985). Seto Inland Sea: Japan ( Nagata 1965a).