Leucothoe ctenochasma Moore 1987
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Leucothoe ctenochasma Moore, 1987
Leucothoe ctenochasma Moore, 1987: 251, figs 9, 10. — Lowry & Stoddart, 2003: 155.
Type locality and specimens. Tinderbox, d'Entrecasteaux Channel, Tasmania. Holotype, female, 3 mm, AM P 36290; paratypes, sex unkown, 3 mm, AM P 36291, ovigerous female, 3 mm, sex unknown, 2 mm, BMNH.
Material examined. No material available for examination. Diagnosis based on description by Moore (1987).
Diagnosis (female). Maxilliped outer plate tuberculate. Mandibular palp article 3 short. Gnathopod 1 propodus and carpus narrow, elongate. Gnathopod 2 with high mediofacial row; carpus short. Pereopods 5–7 bases narrowly expanded. Telson with facial setae, apex bidentate. Moore reported the color of L. ctenochasma as pale pink.
Male (sexually dimorphic characters). Unknown.
Habitat. Among holdfasts of Ecklonia radiata; 3– 4 m.
Host. Sponges: Callyspongia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864, Holopsamma laminaefavosa, Mycale sp., and Phorbas sp.
Distribution. Pacific Ocean: Tasmania (Moore 1987; Lowry & Stoddart 2003).
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- Is part of
- Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.3078.1.1 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/5243821 (URL)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFB4FFFEFFFFFFD2FFE6E86BFFC1897A (URL)
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- https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/038D8786FFD0FFFDFF71ED2CFB858E2B (URL)
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- AM, P, BMNH
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Leucothoe
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Order
- Ericales
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Scientific name authorship
- Moore
- Species
- ctenochasma
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Leucothoe ctenochasma Moore, 1987 sec. White, 2011
References
- Moore, P. G. (1987) Txaonomic studies on Tasmanian phytal amphipods (Crustacea), the families Anamixidae, Leucothoidae and Sebidae. Journal of Natural History, 21, 239 - 262.
- Lowry, J. K. & Stoddart, H. E. (2003) Crustacea, Malacostraca, Syncarida, Peracarida. In: Beesley, P. L. & Houston, W. W. K. (Eds.), Zoological Catalogue of Australia 19.2 B. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, pp. 531.
- Duchassaing De Fondbressin, P. & Michelotti, G. (1864) Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem, 21 (2), 1 - 124.