Leucothoe kawesqari, a new amphipod from Bernardo O'Higgins National Park (Chile), with remarks on the genus in the Magellan Region (Crustacea, Peracarida)

• Published in: ZooKeys
• Main Authors: Esquete, Patricia, Aldea, Cristian
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Pensoft Publishers 2015
• Subjects: Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Amphipoda; Leucothoidae; Leucothoe; Cephalornis; Coelenterata; Bilateria; Nephrozoa; Protostomia; Ecdysozoa; Circumscriptional names of the taxon under; Notchia; Crustacea; Pacific Ocean; channels and fjords; Southern Ocean; benthos; Macrocystis pyrifera; Océano Pacífico; Canales y Fiordos; Océano Antártico; bentos
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.539.6157

Although the genus Leucothoe has been reported repeatedly in the Magellan Region, the citations in the Channels and Fjords Ecoregion were either unidentified or attributed to the previously considered cosmopolitan Leucothoe spinicarpa. In this work, Leucothoe kawesqari sp. n. is described, which can...