Leucothoe "spinicarpa species complex"

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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
600 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Cosmopolitan
Habitat-Biology
  • hard substrate
  • live bottom
  • symbiotic
References

  • Dojiri, M., and J. Sieg. 1987. Ingolfiella fuscina, new species (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic coast of North America, and partial redescription of I. atlantisi Mills, 1967. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 100(3): 494–505.­

  • Ortiz, M. 1976e. A new crustacean amphipod, Mallacoota carausui, from Cuban waters. Revue Roumaine de Biologie. Série de Biologie Animale 21(2): 93–95.

  • Ortiz, M. 1991. Amphipod Crustacea. II. Family Bateidae. Memoirs of the Hourglass Cruises 8(1): 1–31.

  • Shoemaker, C. R. 1932. The amphipod Nototropis minikoi on the east coast of the United States. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 45: 199–200.

  • Thomas, J. D. 1983. Curidia debrogania, a new genus and species of amphipod (Crustacea: Ochlesidae) from the barrier reefs of Belize, Central America. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 96(1): 127–133.

Endnotes

  • Symbiont of sponges and tunicates. This species complex contains many new species worldwide and it is unlikely that the real L. spinicarpa (type locality: Denmark) occurs in Gulf of Mexico waters (see Crowe, 2006).

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

LeCroy, S. E., R. Gasca, I. Winfield, M. Ortiz, and E. Escobar-Briones. 2009. Amphipoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 941–972 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 04-26-2024.

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