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Genus Leucothoe Leach, 1814


Compiler and date details

James K. Lowry

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.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

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

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
05-Aug-2022 PERACARIDA Calman, 1904 13-Dec-2024 MODIFIED Lauren Timms (NMV) Dr Genefor Walker-Smith (NMV)
05-Aug-2022 AMPHIPODA Latreille, 1816 13-Dec-2024 MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022 AMPHIPODA Latreille, 1816 13-Dec-2024 MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022 AMPHIPODA Latreille, 1816 13-Dec-2024 MODIFIED Dr Shane Ahyong
05-Aug-2022 AMPHIPODA 13-Dec-2024 MODIFIED Dr Shane Ahyong (AM)
05-Aug-2022 Infraorder 13-Dec-2024 MODIFIED
18-Sep-2014 Leucothoe Leach, 1814 13-Dec-2024 MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022 AMPHIPODA 06-Feb-2013 MOVED Dr Jim Lowry (AM)
05-Aug-2022 13-Dec-2024 MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022 13-Dec-2024 MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022 13-Dec-2024 MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022 13-Dec-2024 MODIFIED
13-Dec-2024 MODIFIED