Leucothoe antarctica Pfeffer 1888

• 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 antarctica; Antarctic; Weddell Sea; King George Island; Admiralty Bay; Weddell; Elephant Island; Breid Bay; Ezcurra; Juv; Ezcurra Inlet; Royal Bay; Moltke; Moltke Harbor; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/3861089; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3861089

Leucothoe antarctica Pfeffer, 1888 Figs 1-5 Leucothoe antarctica Pfeffer, 1888: 54-57, Taf. II: fig. 4. sub Leucothoe spinicarpa variant 3 – Holman & Watling 1983: 228-229. Diagnosis Eyes large, round. Mandibular palp long and narrow, art. 3 about 1/3 length of art. 2. Cx 3 tongue-shaped rounded, smooth. Gn 1 propodus l:w = 4-5, dactylus reaching about 1/3-1/4 of propodus length. P 5-7 basis oval broadened, with regularly rounded hind margin, ratio l:w = 1.5 to 1.2; posterior margin at least in P 7 strongly serrate (not mentioned in Pfeffer’s description). Ep 2 posterodistally with rounded upturned corner. Type material Neotype ♀ ov. 5 mm, 2 slides (RBINS, I.G. 31073 / INV. 103461). Polarstern ANT XIX/3 (ANDEEP I), sta. PS61/067-1; 4 Feb. 2002; off Elephant Island, 60°55’53”S, 55°27’38”W to 60°55’09”S, 55°24’50”W; 115-182 m; bottom trawl. Type locality South Georgia, Royal Bay, near the Deutsche Polarstation 1882-1883 at Moltke Harbor, approx. 54°30’58”S, 36°00’45”W. Additional material Belgian-Dutch Antarctic Expeditions (RBINS, Brussels, EABN 1966-67, collectors: M. Steyaert & M. Meisch, RBINS I.G. 23694) EABN 1966-67, sta. 238, 3 Feb. 1967, Breid Bay, Baie Léopold, 70°19’S, 24°14’E; 200 m; bottom trawl: 1 juv. Polarstern cruises (RBINS, Brussels, ANT XIII /3 (EASIZ I), coll. C. De Broyer & G. Chapelle, RBINS I.G. 28252; ANT XIX /3 (ANDEEP I), coll. C. De Broyer, P. Dauby & F. Nyssen, RBINS I.G. 31073) ANT XIII /3 (EASIZ I), sta. PS39/24 MG 26; 21 Feb. 1996; eastern Weddell Sea; 71°08’06”S, 11°31’54”W; 118 m; Multibox Corer: 1 spec. 3.5 mm. ANT XIX /3 (ANDEEP I), sta. PS 61/047-1; 30 Jan. 2002; off Elephant Island; 61°4.18’S, 54°36.81’W, 189 m, bottom trawl: 1 spec. 4 mm. ANT XIX /3 (ANDEEP I), sta. PS61/067-1; 4 Feb. 2002; off Elephant Island; 60°55’53”S, 55°27’38”W to 60°55’09”S, 55°24’50”W; 115-182 m; bottom trawl: 1 spec. ♀ ov. 5 mm slide. Polish Antarctic Expeditions (LPBO-UL, Łódź) 9 th Polish Ant. Exp, sta. OC 412; 11 Jan. 1985; King George Island, Admiralty Bay, Ezcurra Inlet; 62°10’S, ...