Leucothoe campbelli Krapp-Schickel & Broyer 2014, sp. nov.

• Main Authors: Krapp-Schickel, Traudl, Broyer, Claude De
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Amphipoda; Leucothoidae; Leucothoe; Leucothoe campbelli; Southern Ocean; Perseverance; Campbell Island; East Cape; Davis Point
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/3861079; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3861079

Leucothoe campbelli sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 21 CA 5 E 07-C2F3-4A9E-8412-85C8CBDA07C6 Figs 5-7 sub Leucothoe spinicarpa variant 2 – Holman & Watling 1983: 228, fig, 11a-c. Diagnosis Eyes large, round. Mandibular palp long and narrow, art. 3 1/2 length of art. 2. Cx 3 subtrapezoidal, ventrally smooth. Gn 1 propodus l:w = 5, dactylus reaching about 1/3 of propodus length. Gn 2 dactylus much longer than half length of propodus hind margin. P 5-7 basis oval, not much broadened, posterodistal corner lengthened, especially in P 7, ratio l:w = 1.66; Ep 2 posterodistally with rounded upturned corner, posterior margin somewhat excavated near posterodistal corner. Ep 3 with right angled posterodistal corner. T l:w = 3. Etymology The latinized adjective indicates the original locality of the new species. Type material Holotype ad.? ♂ 6.5 mm, slide (Australian Museum, Sydney P. 80888); Southern Ocean, Campbell Island, Perseverance Harbour, cliff west of Davis Point: sta. CA 271; 7 Feb. 1980; 52.6°S, 169.2°E; CA 271, 23 m depth; encrusting yellow sponge, larger sponges, barnacles and mussels, detritus and fine sediments. Additional material Australian Museum, Sydney P. 80883: Southern Ocean, Campbell Island, Perseverance Harbour, west side of Davis Point; sta. CA 71; 1 Jan. 1980; 52.6°S, 169.2°E; 16 m depth; sponges between boulders, barnacles and bryozoans from rock face: 3 spec. 3, 6 and 7 mm. P. 80884: Southern Ocean, Campbell Island, Perseverance Harbour, west side of Davis Point; sta. CA 102; 4 Jan. 1980; 52.6°S, 169.2°E; 25 m depth; sponges and tunicates, barnacles and bryozoans from rock face: 8 spec. 4-6 mm, 1 ♀ ov. 7 mm. P. 80885: Southern Ocean, Campbell Island, Perseverance Harbour, west side of Davis Point; sta. CA 105; 4 Jan. 1980; 52.6°S, 169.2°E; 25 m depth; algae and sponges on mussels attached to boulders: 3 immat. 2.5, 3 and 4 mm. P. 80886: Southern Ocean, Campbell Island, Smoothwater Bay, cliffs West of East Cape; sta. CA 150; 13 Jan. 1980; 52.5°S, 169.2°E; 18 m depth; holdfasts of Durvillaea ...