Leucothoe urospinosa Serejo, 1998

White, Kristine N., 2011, A taxonomic review of the Leucothoidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) 3078, Zootaxa 3078 (1), pp. 1-113 : 75

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3078.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5244361
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scientific name	Leucothoe urospinosa Serejo, 1998
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Leucothoe urospinosa Serejo, 1998: 131–134 , figs 18, 19. — Thomas & Klebba, 2007: 36, 41, 42, fig. 26.

Type locality and specimens. Paredes Reef , Bahia, Brazil. Holotype, male, 4.3 mm, MNRJ 7297 View Materials ; paratypes, Unmeasured males and females, MNRJ 8535 View Materials , MNRJ 8537 View Materials , MNRJ 7299–7300 View Materials , MNRJ 8538 View Materials , MNRJ 8520 View Materials , MNRJ 8519 View Materials , MNRJ 8523 View Materials , MNRJ 8533 View Materials , MNRJ 7290 View Materials , USNM 282802 View Materials , ZMA Amph. 203830.

Material examined. Unmeasured males and females ( JDT Bel 06–8 B). Diagnosis based on description by Serejo (1998).

Diagnosis. Short antennae 1–2. Anterior head margin truncate. Maxilla 1 palp constricted. Gnathopod 1 coxa with serrate anterior and posterior margins; propodus curved. Gnathopod 2 propodus mediofacial setal row displaced to midline, palm sub-rectangular with three major tubercles. Pereopods 5–7 bases narrowly expanded. Telson apex truncate with facial setae. Live specimens are orange in color.

Female (sexually dimorphic characters). Gnathopod 2 propodus palm finely serrate, without major projections.

Habitat. Coral reefs; 2–30 m.

Host. Sponges: Dysidea janiae and Tedania ignis .

Distribution. Atlantic Ocean: Bahia, Alagoas, Pernambuco, Brazil ( Serejo 1998). Caribbean Sea: Whale Shoals, Belize ( Thomas & Klebba 2007).