Leucothoe squalidens Ledoyer, 1984

Kristine N. White & Traudl Krapp-Schickel, 2017, Red Sea Leucothoidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) including new and re-described species, European Journal of Taxonomy 324, pp. 1-40 : 28

Leucothoe squalidens Ledoyer, 1984

Fig. 12

Leucothoe squalidens Ledoyer 1984: 82 , fig. 40A.

Leucothoe squalidens – Ledoyer 1986: 679, fig. 261.

Type locality

New Caledonia.

Material examined

ISRAEL: 2 juvs, 1.6 mm, Eilat, stn 105, Apr.–May 1969, U. Schiecke leg. (slide MVRCr 7732).

SUDAN: 1 specimen, Port Sudan, stn 160, Dec. 1970, U. Schiecke leg.; 2 specimens, 2 mm, Port Sudan, stn 168, Dec. 1970, U. Schiecke leg. (slide MVRCr 7733).

Remarks

The name chosen by Ledoyer indicates that the first gnathopods of this species are beset with many very small spines making them look “scaly” on the margins between the very thin propodus and carpus. The dactylus of the first gnathopod is very short; that of the second gnathopod is longer than ¾ of the propodus hind margin.

Distribution

Red Sea (present study); South Pacific Ocean: New Caledonia, Noumea ( Ledoyer 1984); Madagascar, Tulear ( Ledoyer 1986).

Figures

Fig. 12. Leucothoe squalidens Ledoyer, 1984, juv., length 1.6 mm (MVRCr 7732); ♂, length 2.0 mm (MVRCr 7733).