Leucothoe orkneyi Holman & Watling 1983
Leucothoe orkneyi Holman & Watling, 1983 Leucothoe orkneyi Holman & Watling, 1983: 231–233, figs 12–14. Type locality and specimens. Southern Ocean, South Orkney Islands, 61°26'–25' S 41°055'W. Holotype, male, 9.0 mm; paratypes, male and female, 4.5–9 mm. Material examined. No...
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| Summary: | Leucothoe orkneyi Holman & Watling, 1983 Leucothoe orkneyi Holman & Watling, 1983: 231–233, figs 12–14. Type locality and specimens. Southern Ocean, South Orkney Islands, 61°26'–25' S 41°055'W. Holotype, male, 9.0 mm; paratypes, male and female, 4.5–9 mm. Material examined. No material available for examination. Diagnosis based on description by Holman & Watling (1983). Diagnosis. Ventral keel anterior margin excavate; anteroventral corner with projection. Maxilla 1 palp constricted. Maxilliped outer plate tuberculate. Gnathopod 1 carpus and propodus narrow; dactylus short. Gnathopod 2 carpus short with large subdistal tooth; dactylus geniculate. Coxa 6 with facial setae. Pereopods 5–7 bases narrowly expanded. Epimeron 3 posteroventral corner produced. Female (sexually dimorphic characters). No significant sexually dimorphic character. Habitat. Habitat not reported; 593–604 m. Host. Unknown. Distribution. Southern Ocean: South Orkney Islands (Holman & Watling 1983). Published as part of White, Kristine N., 2011, A taxonomic review of the Leucothoidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) 3078, pp. 1-113 in Zootaxa 3078 (1) on page 64, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.3078.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5243821 |
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