Leucothoe Leach, 1814

White, Kristine N., 2011, A taxonomic review of the Leucothoidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) 3078, Zootaxa 3078 (1), pp. 1-113 : 31-32

Leucothoe Leach, 1814

Leucothoe Leach, 1814: 432 . — Leach, 1814 a: 403. —J.L. Barnard, 1974b: 79. — Ledoyer, 1978b: 291. — Lincoln, 1979: 172.

Cuviera Leach, 1814: 435 [nomen nudum].

Lycesta Savigny, 1816: 108 ( Lycesta furina Savigny, 1816 , monotypy).

Leucothoella Schellenberg, 1928: 638 ( Leucothoella banwarthii Schellenberg, 1928 , monotypy according to Barnard & Karaman 1991.

Leucothopsis Ledoyer, 1972: 250 ( Leucothopsis angusticoxa Ledoyer, 1972 , original designation).

Type-species: Cancer articulosus Montagu, 1804 (= Gammarus spinicarpus Abildgaard, 1789 , monotypy).

Diagnosis. Eyes, if present, generally well developed with 10 or more ocelli. Mandibular palp three articulate; right lacinia mobilis smaller than left. Maxilliped outer plates not reaching apex of palp article 1. Coxa 1–4 relatively equal in widths. Pereopods 5–7 bases generally expanded. Minimal to no sexual dimorphism.

Relationships. Differing from Paraleucothoe in the smaller maxilliped outer plates and lack of sexual dimorphism. Differing from Anamixis , Nepanamixis , and Paranamixis in coxa 1 not being reduced, well developed mouthparts, and lack of sexual dimorphism.

Species. Leucothoe acanthopus Schellenberg, 1928 ; Leucothoe acutilobata Ledoyer, 1978b ; Leucothoe adelphe White & Thomas, 2009 ; Leucothoe affinis Stimpson, 1856a ; Leucothoe alata J.L. Barnard, 1959 ; Leucothoe alcyone Imbach, 1969 ; Leucothoe angusticoxa Ledoyer, 1972 ; Leucothoe antarctica Pfeffer, 1888 ; Leucothoe articulosa Montagu, 1804 ; Leucothoe ashleyae Thomas & Klebba, 2006 ; Leucothoe assimilis J.L. Barnard, 1974b ; Leucothoe atosi Bellan-Santini, 2007 ; Leucothoe ayrtonia Bellan-Santini, 1997 ; Leucothoe banwarthii ( Schellenberg, 1928) ; Leucothoe barana Thomas & Klebba, 2007 ; Leucothoe basilobata Serejo, 1998: 119–123 , fig. 10–11; Leucothoe bidens Hirayama, 1985c: 174–176 , fig. 170; Leucothoe boolpooli J.L. Barnard, 1974b ; Leucothoe bova White & Thomas, 2009 ; Leucothoe brunonis Krapp-Schickel & Menioui, 2005 ; Leucothoe campi Mateus & Mateus, 1986 (nomen novum); Leucothoe cheiriserra Serejo, 1998 ; Leucothoe commensalis Haswell, 1879a ; Leucothoe crassimana Kossmann, 1880 ; Leucothoe crenatipalma Ledoyer, 1972 ; Leucothoe ctenochasma Moore, 1987 ; Leucothoe ctenochir K.H. Barnard, 1925 ; Leucothoe dentata Ledoyer, 1973c ; Leucothoe denticulata Costa, 1851 ; Leucothoe diemensis Haswell, 1879a ; Leucothoe dolichoceras K.H. Barnard, 1916 ; Leucothoe epidemos White & Thomas, 2009 ; Leucothoe eumilli White & Thomas, 2009 ; Leucothoe euryonyx Walker, 1901 ; Leucothoe flammosa Thomas & Klebba, 2007 ; Leucothoe furina ( Savigny, 1816) ; Leucothoe garifunae Thomas & Klebba, 2007 ; Leucothoe gavialis Myers, 1985 ; Leucothoe germanalcyone Hirayama, 1992 ; Leucothoe goowera J.L. Barnard, 1974b ; Leucothoe gracilis ( Haswell, 1879a) ; Leucothoe grandimana ( Stimpson, 1853) ; Leucothoe hendrickxi Winfield & Alvarez, 2009 ; Leucothoe hipposideros White & Thomas, 2009 ; Leucothoe hortapugai Winfield et al., 2009 ; Leucothoe hyhelia J.L. Barnard, 1965 ; Leucothoe incisa Robertson, 1893 ; Leucothoe kensleyi Thomas & Klebba, 2006 ; Leucothoe laevipalma White & Thomas, 2009 ; Leucothoe laticoxa Ledoyer, 1978b ; Leucothoe laurensi Thomas & Ortiz, 1995 ; Leucothoe leptosa Serejo, 1998 ; Leucothoe lihue J.L. Barnard, 1970 ; Leucothoe lilljeborgii Boeck, 1861 ; Leucothoe macrodonta Ledoyer, 1986 ; Leucothoe madrasana Sivaprakasam, 1969b ; Leucothoe makrommatos White & Thomas, 2009 ; Leucothoe micronesiae J.L. Barnard, 1965 ; Leucothoe miersi Stebbing, 1888 ; Leucothoe minima Schellenberg, 1925 ; Leucothoe minuscula Schellenberg, 1938a ; Leucothoe nagatai Ishimaru, 1985 ; Leucothoe neptunea Moore, 1987 ; Leucothoe oboa Karaman, 1971 ; Leucothoe occidentalis ( Reid, 1951) ; Leucothoe occulta Krapp-Schickel, 1975 ; Leucothoe odontiskos White & Thomas, 2009 ; Leucothoe orkneyi Holman & Watling, 1983 ; Leucothoe ortizi Winfield & Alvarez, 2009 ; Leucothoe pachycera Della Valle, 1893 ; Leucothoe pacifica Nagata, 1963 ; Leucothoe panpulco J.L. Barnard, 1961a ; [ Leucothoe parthenopaea Costa, 1851: 24 ] [nomen nudum]; Leucothoe pollexa White & Thomas, 2009 ; Leucothoe predenticulata Ledoyer, 1978b ; Leucothoe procera Bate, 1857 ; Leucothoe richiardii Lessona, 1865 ; Leucothoe rostrata Chevreux, 1908g ; Leucothoe rudicula White & Thomas, 2009 ; Leucothoe safiae Lyons & Myers, 1991 ; Leucothoe saron Thomas & Klebba, 2007 ; Leucothoe serrata White & Thomas, 2009 ; Leucothoe serraticarpa Della Valle, 1893 ; Leucothoe sparsa White & Thomas, 2009 ; Leucothoe spinicarpa ( Abildgaard, 1789) ; Leucothoe spinulosa Chevreux, 1919 – 1920; Leucothoe squalidens Ledoyer, 1984 ; Leucothoe stegoceras Walker, 1904 ; Leucothoe stylifera Stimpson, 1856b ; Leucothoe tarte J.L. Barnard, 1974b ; Leucothoe thula White & Thomas, 2009 ; Leucothoe tolkieni Vinogradov, 1990 ; Leucothoe traillii Thomson, 1882 ; Leucothoe tridens Stebbing, 1888 ; Leucothoe ubouhu Thomas & Klebba, 2007 ; Leucothoe undulata White & Thomas, 2009 ; Leucothoe urospinosa Serejo, 1998 ; Leucothoe uschakovi Gurjanova, 1951 ; Leucothoe venetiarum Soika, 1949 ; Leucothoe wuriti Thomas & Klebba, 2007 .

Other records. Leucothoe sp. M. Bio. Ass. UK, 1957: 212; Leucothoe sp. Karaman, 1971: 68–70 , pl. 6; Leucothoe sp. Ledoyer, 1967b: 31 , figs 9, 10; Leucothoe sp. D J.L. Barnard, 1974b ; Leucothoe sp. (allied to L. richiardii ) Vader, 1983b: 143; Leucothoe sp. Vader & Beehler, 1983a: 60; Leucothoe sp. Winfield & Escobar-Briones, 2007: 54, 55; Leucothoe sp. C Thomas & Klebba, 2007 and White 2011.

Habitat and Distribution. Marine, cosmopolitan, 0–3570 m, in ascidians, sponges, bivalve mollusks, algae, and coral rubble, 100 species.