Leucothoe boolpooli (J.L. Barnard, 1974)

White, Kristine N., 2011, A taxonomic review of the Leucothoidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) 3078, Zootaxa 3078 (1), pp. 1-113 : 45

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3078.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5244133
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038D8786-FFD3-FFFE-FF71-ECAFFC2B8F96
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Leucothoe boolpooli (J.L. Barnard, 1974)
status

Treatment

Leucothoe spinicarpa Chilton, 1923: 88 .

Leucothoe boolpooli J.L. Barnard, 1974b: 86–89 , figs 53, 54. — Moore, 1987: 246, figs 5–7. — Lowry & Stoddart, 2003: 155.

Type locality and specimens. Western Port , Victoria. Holotype, male, 11.7 mm, NMV.

Material examined. No material available for examination. Diagnosis based on description by J. L. Barnard (1974).

Diagnosis. Anterior projection on the ventral keel. Gnathopods 1 and 2 bases with setose posterior margins. Gnathopod 2 propodus with three major projections. Pereopods 5–7 bases narrowly expanded.

Female (sexually dimorphic characters). Unknown.

Habitat. Among algae holdfasts; depth not reported, shallow.

Host. Sponges: Antho (Isopenectya) chartacea ( Whitelegge, 1907) , Iotrochopsamma arbuscula ( Whitelegge, 1906) , and Phorbas Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 .

Distribution. Pacific Ocean: New South Wales ( Chilton 1923), Western Port, Victoria (J.L. Barnard 1974b; Lowry & Stoddart 2003), Tasmania ( Moore 1987; Lowry & Stoddart 2003).