Leucothoe atosi Bellan-Santini, 2007

White, Kristine N., 2011, A taxonomic review of the Leucothoidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) 3078, Zootaxa 3078 (1), pp. 1-113 : 43

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3078.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5244123
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038D8786-FFD5-FFF8-FF71-ECA2FAC58FD4
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Leucothoe atosi Bellan-Santini, 2007
status

Treatment

Leucothoe atosi Bellan-Santini, 2007: 573–575 , figs 7, 8.

Type locality and specimens. Mid–Atlantic Ridge, Menez Gwen site, 37°50.52'N 31°32.23'W. Holotype, female, 5 mm, MNHN M –7465; unmeasured paratypes, MNHN Am–7466. GoogleMaps

Material examined. No material available for examination. Diagnosis based on description by Bellan-Santini (2007).

Diagnosis (female). Eyes absent. Gnathopod 1 basis with setose posterior margin; propodus and carpus elongate; dactylus short. Gnathopod 2 carpus short. Pereopods 5–7 bases narrowly expanded.

Male (sexually dimorphic characters). Unknown.

Habitat. Habitat not reported; 850 m.

Host. Unknown.

Distribution. Atlantic Ocean: Mid–Atlantic Ridge, Menez Gwen, Azores ( Bellan-Santini 2007).