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Head. Anterior margin rounded, anterodistal margin evenly rounded; ventral cephalic keel anterior margin excavate, anteroventral margin quadrate with projection, ventral margin convex; eyes with more than 10 ommatidia, round. Antenna 1 0.3 × body length, flagellum 10–articulate, peduncle article 1 width less than 2 × article 2, accessory flagellum 1–articulate. Antenna 2 0.3 × body length, subequal in length with antenna 1, flagellum 8–articulate. Mandibular palp ratio of articles 1–3 1.0: 3.4: 2.0, article 2 with 11 long distal setae, article 3 with facial setae and 1 distal seta, incisors strongly dentate; left mandible with 10 raker spines, lacinia mobilis large, strongly toothed; right mandible with 11 raker spines, lacinia mobilis small, strongly dentate. Upper lip asymmetrically lobate, anterior margin setose. Lower lip inner lobes fused, bare; outer lobes with moderate gape, anterior margins setose. Maxilla 1 palp 2–articulate with 4 distal setae; outer plate with 9 distal robust setae. Maxilla 2 inner plate with 5 robust distal setae, 1 robust facial seta, and several slender facial setae; outer plate with 3 robust distal setae and 13 slender distal marginal setae. Maxilliped inner plates distal margin with a v-shaped indentation, with short robust setae; outer plate inner margin smooth, reaching 0.1 × palp article 1, with simple marginal setae, facial setae absent; palp article 4 subequal in length with article 3, distally acute. Pereon. Coxae 1–4 relative widths 1.0: 1.2: 0.9: 1.6. Gnathopod 1 coxa smooth, bare, anterodistal margin produced, subquadrate, distal margin straight, posterior margin excavate, facial setae absent; basis distally expanded, anterior margin with 5 medium setae, posterior margin bare; ischium bare; carpus linear, distal length 11.2 × width, proximal margin smooth, distal margin with 2 short setae; propodus straight, palm dentate with 7 robust and 12 distal setae; dactylus smooth, reaching 0.4 × propodus length. Gnathopod 2 coxa broader than long, subequal in size with coxae 3, smooth, bare, anterior margin straight, anterodistally rounded, distal and posterior margins straight, facial setae absent; basis slightly posteriorly expanded, anterior margin with 7 long curved setae, distal margin with 2 long setae, posterior margin bare; ischium with 2 distal setae; carpus 0.3 × propodus length, curved, distally tapered, anterior margin smooth, with setulate-serrate marginal setae; propodus with 1 mediofacial setal row above midline, reaching 0.8 × propodus length, with 3 rows of submarginal setae, posterior margin smooth, palm convex with 2 large and several small tubercles; dactylus curved, proximal margin smooth with 2 setae, anterior margin distally acute, reaching 0.6 × propodus length. Pereopod 3 coxa length 1.3 × width, anterodistal corner overriding distal face of coxa 2 and extending below it, smooth, bare, anterior margin straight, distal margin oblique, posterior margin straight, facial setae absent. Pereopod 4 coxa smooth, bare, anterior margin produced, distal margin evenly rounded, posterior margin excavate, facial setae absent. Pereopods 5–7 coxae facial setae absent, bases width length ratios 1: 1.3, 1: 1.2, 1: 1.2, posterior margins bare; pereopods 5–6 bases posterior margins smooth, pereopod 7 basis posterior margin serrate. Pleon. Epimera 1–2 with ventral setae, epimeron 3 bare; epimeron 3 posteroventral corner subquadrate. Uropods 1–2 relative lengths 1.0: 0.9. Uropod 1 peduncle 0.7 × inner ramus length, outer ramus 0.8 × inner ramus length; inner ramus with 4 robust setae on each margin; outer ramus with 4 robust setae. Uropod 2 peduncle 0.8 × inner ramus length, outer ramus 0.7 × inner ramus length; inner ramus with 4 robust setae; outer ramus with 3 robust setae. Uropod 3 missing. Telson 2.3 × longer than wide, with 2 simple facial setae, apex weakly tridentate. Female (sexually dimorphic characters). Gnathopod 1 carpus length 10.8 × width; basis anterior margin with 8 long setae. Gnathopod 2 basis distally expanded, anterior margin with 22 long curved setae, distal margin with 4 long curved setae; ischium with 3 long and 2 short distal setae; carpus distally truncate, anterior margin dentate; propodus palm with 1 row of submarginal setae.
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Kristine N. White, James Davis Reimer
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White K, Reimer J (2012) Commensal Leucothoidae (Crustacea, Amphipoda) of the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Part II: sponge-dwellers ZooKeys 166: 1–58
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Kristine N. White
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East China Sea: Okinawa–jima Island (Okinawa), Yakushima Island (Kagoshima), Japan.
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cc-by-3.0
copyright
Kristine N. White, James Davis Reimer
bibliographic citation
White K, Reimer J (2012) Commensal Leucothoidae (Crustacea, Amphipoda) of the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Part II: sponge-dwellers ZooKeys 166: 1–58
author
Kristine N. White
author
James Davis Reimer
original
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