RAMS taxon details
Leucothoe Leach, 1814
101580 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101580)
accepted
Genus
- Species Leucothoe antarctica Pfeffer, 1888
- Species Leucothoe campbelli Krapp-Schickel & De Broyer, 2014
- Species Leucothoe longimembris Krapp-Schickel & De Broyer, 2014
- Species Leucothoe macquariae Krapp-Schickel & De Broyer, 2014
- Species Leucothoe merletta Krapp-Schickel & De Broyer, 2014
- Species Leucothoe orkneyi Holman & Watling, 1983
- Species Leucothoe spinicarpa (Abildgaard, 1789)
- Species Leucothoe weddellensis Krapp-Schickel & De Broyer, 2014
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Leach, W.E. (1813 - 1815). Crustaceology. <em>In: Brewster, D. (ed.), The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Balfour, Edinburgh, vol. 7(1): 383–384 [1813], 7(2): 385–437, 765–766 [1814], 9(1): pl. CCXXI [1815].</em> :383-437., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37187640
page(s): 403 [details]
page(s): 403 [details]
Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Copilas-Ciocianu, D.; Corbari, L.; Costello, M.J.; Daneliya, M.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Fišer, C.; Gasca, R.; Grabowski, M.; Guerra-García, J.M.; Hendrycks, E.; Hughes, L.; Jaume, D.; Jazdzewski, K.; Kim, Y.-H.; King, R.; Krapp-Schickel, T.; LeCroy, S.; Lörz, A.-N.; Mamos, T.; Senna, A.R.; Serejo, C.; Souza-Filho, J.F.; Tandberg, A.H.; Thomas, J.D.; Thurston, M.; Vader, W.; Väinölä, R.; Valls Domedel, G.; Vonk, R.; White, K.; Zeidler, W. (2026). World Amphipoda Database. Leucothoe Leach, 1814. Accessed through: De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2026) Register of Antarctic Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/rams./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101580 on 2026-08-06
De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Marine Species. Leucothoe Leach, 1814. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/rams/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101580 on 2026-08-06
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Leach, W.E. (1813 - 1815). Crustaceology. <em>In: Brewster, D. (ed.), The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Balfour, Edinburgh, vol. 7(1): 383–384 [1813], 7(2): 385–437, 765–766 [1814], 9(1): pl. CCXXI [1815].</em> :383-437., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37187640
page(s): 403 [details]
basis of record Bellan-Santini, D.; Costello, M.J. (2001). Amphipoda. <em>in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification.</em> Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 295-308. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Lincoln, R. J. (1979). British marine Amphipoda: Gammaridea. <em>British Museum (Natural History).</em> 658 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
identification resource White, K.N. (2011). A taxonomic review of the Leucothoidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda).Zootaxa 3078: 1–113., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/z03078p113f.pdf [details] Available for editors
identification resource White, K.N.; Thomas, J.D. (2009). Leucothoidae. In: Lowry, J.K. & Myers, A.A. (Eds) (2009) Benthic Amphipoda (Crustacea: Peracarida) of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2260: 1-930., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/zt02260p555.pdf [details] Available for editors
page(s): 403 [details]
basis of record Bellan-Santini, D.; Costello, M.J. (2001). Amphipoda. <em>in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification.</em> Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 295-308. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Lincoln, R. J. (1979). British marine Amphipoda: Gammaridea. <em>British Museum (Natural History).</em> 658 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
identification resource White, K.N. (2011). A taxonomic review of the Leucothoidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda).Zootaxa 3078: 1–113., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/z03078p113f.pdf [details] Available for editors
identification resource White, K.N.; Thomas, J.D. (2009). Leucothoidae. In: Lowry, J.K. & Myers, A.A. (Eds) (2009) Benthic Amphipoda (Crustacea: Peracarida) of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2260: 1-930., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/zt02260p555.pdf [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leucothoe)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leucothoe)
To Genbank
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (PIC_rah02087)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 061158)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leucothoe)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leucothoe)
To Genbank
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (PIC_rah02087)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 061158)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
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