Leucothoe orkneyi Holman & Watling 1983

• Main Authors: Krapp-Schickel, Traudl, Broyer, Claude De
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• Published: Zenodo 2014
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Amphipoda; Leucothoidae; Leucothoe; Leucothoe orkneyi; Amundsen Sea; Antarc*; Antarctic; Balleny Islands; British Antarctic Survey; Ice Shelf; McMurdo Sound; Ross Ice Shelf; Scotia Sea; South Orkney Islands; Weddell Sea; White Island
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3861091; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/4C0787DDFFB8FFF2A661FEC20B77FBBD

Leucothoe orkneyi Holman & Watling, 1983 Figs 15-18 Leucothoe orkneyi Holman & Watling, 1983: 231-233, figs 12-14. Diagnosis Eyes medium, round. Mandibular palp long and narrow, art. 3 1/2-1/3 length of art. 2 (in original description verbally reported 1/3, but illustration shows 1/2). Cx 1 l:w subequal. Cx 3 subtrapezoidal, inferior margin serrate. Gn 1 carpus distal part about 8-9 x longer than wide, propodus ratio l:w = 6, dactylus reaching about 1/5 of propodus length. P 5-7 basis oval and not much broadened, with regularly rounded hind margin, ratio l:w 1.8 to 1.5; posterior margin strongly serrate (not mentioned in original description). Ep 2 posterodistally with upturned acute tip, Ep 3 with posterodistally rounded. T l:w = <3. Type locality Scotia Sea, east of South Orkney Islands; Eltanin 12, sta. 1079; 61°26’S, 40°55’W; 593- 598 m. Material examined Australian Museum, Sydney P. 25494: Ross Ice-Shelf, McMurdo Sound, White Island, tide crack; 25 Jan. 1977; [approx. 78°08’S, 167°24’E]; 67 m depth; on rocky bottom encrusted with bryozoans and hydroids: 1 spec. 4 mm. Belgian-Dutch Antarctic Expeditions (RBINS, Brussels, EABN 1966-67, coll. M. Steyaert & M. Meisch, RBINS I.G. 23694) EABN 1966-67: sta. 232; 25 Jan. 1967; Breid Bay, Baie Léopold III; 70°17’00”S, 24°15’E; 300 m, bottom trawl: 1 spec. 6 mm. British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge James Clark Ross 179: sta. BIO4 – EBS-3D-E; Amundsen Sea; 74.390880°S, 104.767260°W; 506 m; Epibenthic Sled-Epinet: 1 spec. 4.5 mm, slide. NIWA, Wellington NIWA 20875: Tangaroa sta. TAN0402/231; 4 Mar. 2004; off Balleny Islands; 67.4205017°S, 163.9391632°E to 67.4205017°S, 163.9391632°E; 111 m: 4 spec. 3.5-5 mm. Polarstern cruises (RBINS, Brussels, ANT XIII /3 (EASIZ I), coll. C. De Broyer & G. Chapelle, RBINS I.G. 28252; ANT XV/3 (EASIZ II), coll. C. De Broyer & Y. Scailteur, RBINS I.G. 28252; ANT XXII /3 (ANDEEP III), coll. C. De Broyer & B. Danis, RBINS I.G. 32565.) ANT XIII /3 (EASIZ I): sta. PS39/005; 6 Feb. 1996; eastern Weddell Sea; SW of ...