Genus Leucothoe Leach, 1814
Compiler and date details
James K. Lowry
- Leucothoe Leach, W.E. 1814. Crustaceology. pp. 383-437 in Brewster, D. Sir (ed.). The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Edinburgh : John Murray Baldwin & Cradocle Vol. 7 (2). [403].
Type species:
Cancer articulosus Montagu, 1804 by monotypy. Type species:
Lycesta furina Savigny, 1816 by monotypy.- Leucothoella Schellenberg, A. 1928. Report on the Amphipoda. [in Zoological Results of the Cambridge Expedition to the Suez Canal, 1924]. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 22(5): 633-692 [638].
Type species:
Leucothoella bannwarthi Schellenberg, 1928 by monotypy. - Leucothopsis Ledoyer, M. 1972. Amphipodes gammariens vivant dans les alvéoles des constructions organogènes récifales intertidales de la région de Tuléar (Madagascar). Étude systématique et écologique. Téthys Supplement 3: 165-285 [250].
Type species:
Leucothopsis angusticoxa Ledoyer, 1972 by original designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Barnard, J.L. & Karaman, G.S. 1991. The families and genera of marine gammaridean Amphipoda (except marine gammaroids). Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 13: 1-866 [410]
Excluded Taxa
- Misidentifications
LEUCOTHOIDAE: Leucothoe spinicarpa (Abildgaard, 1789) [Australian records now as
Leucothoe commensalis Haswell, 1879,Leucothoe diemenensis Haswell, 1879,Leucothoe flindersi Stebbing, 1888,Leucothoe assimilis Barnard, 1974,Leucothoe tarte Barnard, 1974] — Barnard, J.L. 1974. Gammaridean Amphipoda of Australia, Part II. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 139: i-v 1-148 (excluded this species)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Cosmopolitan.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Macquarie Island Province (24), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Australian Antarctic Territory
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, G. Aust. Bight, Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Carp., Lower E coast, Lower W coast, N coast, NE coast, S Gulfs coast, SW coast, Tas. Coast
- Queensland: Great Barrier Reef, NE coast
- Fiji
- New Caledonia
Oriental Region
- China (People's Republic)
- Sri Lanka
Palaearctic Region
- Egypt
- Italy
- Italy (Mainland)
Distribution References
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Aug-2022 | PERACARIDA Calman, 1904 | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | Lauren Timms (NMV) Dr Genefor Walker-Smith (NMV) |
| 05-Aug-2022 | AMPHIPODA Latreille, 1816 | 17-May-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Aug-2022 | AMPHIPODA Latreille, 1816 | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Aug-2022 | AMPHIPODA Latreille, 1816 | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | Dr Shane Ahyong |
| 05-Aug-2022 | AMPHIPODA | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | Dr Shane Ahyong (AM) |
| 05-Aug-2022 | Infraorder | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 18-Sep-2014 | Leucothoe Leach, 1814 | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Aug-2022 | AMPHIPODA | 06-Feb-2013 | MOVED | Dr Jim Lowry (AM) |
| 05-Aug-2022 | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Aug-2022 | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Aug-2022 | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Aug-2022 | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED |