Leucothoe barana Thomas & Klebba, 2007

White, Kristine N., 2011, A taxonomic review of the Leucothoidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) 3078, Zootaxa 3078 (1), pp. 1-113 : 44

publication ID

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5244127

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038D8786-FFD4-FFF9-FF71-EC1AFD008FE4

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scientific name

Leucothoe barana Thomas & Klebba, 2007
status

 

Leucothoe barana Thomas & Klebba, 2007

Leucothoe barana Thomas & Klebba, 2007: 5–10 , figs 1–3. — White, 2011: 27 View Cited Treatment , 28, fig. 4.

Type locality and specimens. Pelican Cays , Co Cat Cay, Belize, 16°39.527'N 88°12.032'W. Holotype, male, 10.17 mm, YPM 38640; paratype, female, 8.27 mm, YPM 38641. GoogleMaps

Material examined. Unmeasured males and females, YPM 38640, YPM 38641, YPM 38642. Diagnosis based on description by Thomas & Klebba (2007).

Diagnosis. Anterodistal head margin with sharp projection. Ventral keel with sharp projection. Maxilliped inner plate with conate setae. Coxae 1–4 with serrate anterior and distal margins. Gnathopod 2 propodus with secondary mediofacial setal row of nine setae. Pereopods 5–7 bases narrowly expanded.

Female (sexually dimorphic characters). Gnathopod 2 propodus palm with slight projections.

Habitat. Coral reefs; 1–15 m.

Host. Sponges: Amphimedon compressa , Niphates erecta , and Spheciospongia vesparium ( Lamarck, 1814) .

Distribution. Western Atlantic Ocean: Florida Keys ( Thomas & Klebba 2007). Caribbean Sea: Belize ( Thomas & Klebba 2007), Panama ( White 2011).

YPM

Peabody Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Ericales

Family

Ericaceae

Genus

Leucothoe

Loc

Leucothoe barana Thomas & Klebba, 2007

White, Kristine N. 2011
2011
Loc

Leucothoe barana

White, K. N. 2011: 27
Thomas, J. D. & Klebba, K. N. 2007: 10
2007
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