Leucothoe alcyone Imbach, 1969

White, Kristine N., 2011, A taxonomic review of the Leucothoidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) 3078, Zootaxa 3078 (1), pp. 1-113 : 41

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5244111

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scientific name

Leucothoe alcyone Imbach, 1969
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Leucothoe alcyone Imbach, 1969

Leucothoe alcyone Imbach, 1969: 78–79 , pl. 20.

Type locality and specimens. South China Sea, 12°12'50"N 109°12'45"E. Holotype, male, 3.0 mm. GoogleMaps

Material examined. No material available for examination. Diagnosis based on description by Imbach (1969).

Diagnosis. Mandibular palp article 3 short. Gnathopod 2 basis with setose posterior margin. Pereopod 3 basis with setose posterior margin. Coxae 5–7 with facial setae. Epimeron 1 with tuft of anteroventral setae. Epimeron 3 posterovental margin sinuous with bidentate cusp.

Female (sexually dimorphic characters). Unknown.

Habitat. Among mud with Foraminifera; 15 m.

Host. Unknown.

Distribution. South China Sea: VietNam, Bay of Nahtrang ( Imbach 1969).

Imbach, M. C. (1969) Gammaridean Amphipoda from the South China Sea. In: Brinton, E., Schaefer, M. B., Wooster, W. S., & Wyllie, V. A. (Eds.), Naga Report Volume 4, Part 1. Scientific Results of Marine Investigations of the South China Sea 1959 - 1961. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, pp. 39 - 165.

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Ericales

Family

Ericaceae

Genus

Leucothoe