Leucothoe incisa
Leucothoe incisa | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Superorder: | Peracarida |
Order: | Amphipoda |
Family: | Leucothoidae |
Genus: | Leucothoe |
Species: | L. incisa
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Binomial name | |
Leucothoe incisa Robertson, 1892 [1]
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Leucothoe incisa is an amphipod in the family Leucothoidae. It grows up to 7 millimetres (0.28 in) long, and is whitish in colour, but a yellowish green along the back,[2] with intensely red eyes.[3] It lives at depths of up to 60 metres (200 ft) along the Atlantic coast of Europe from the Mediterranean Sea to Scotland, and in the North Sea.[2] It is part of group of sibling species, together with and .[4]
References[]
- ^ "Leucothoe incisa". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ a b M. J. de Kluijver & S. S. Ingalsuo. "Leucothoe incisa". Macrobenthos of the North Sea – Crustacea. Universiteit van Amsterdam. Retrieved April 7, 2010.
- ^ M. Costello & D. Bellan-Santini (December 21, 2004). "Leucothoe incisa Robertson, 1892". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved April 7, 2010.
- ^ A. A. Myers & M. J. Costello (1986). "The amphipod sibling pair Leucothoe lilljeborgi and L. incisa in British and Irish waters". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 66: 75–82. doi:10.1017/S0025315400039655.
Categories:
- Gammaridea
- Crustaceans described in 1892
- Crustaceans of the Atlantic Ocean
- Amphipod stubs