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Corresponding author: Traudl Krapp-Schickel ( traudl.krapp@uni-bonn.de ) Academic editor: Anne-Nina Lörz
© 2018 Traudl Krapp-Schickel.
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Krapp-Schickel T (2018) Leucothoe vaderotti, a new Atlantic Leucothoe (Crustacea, Amphipoda) belonging to the “spinicarpa-clade” (Crustacea, Amphipoda). ). In: Brix S, Lörz A-N, Stransky B, Svavarsson J (Eds) Amphipoda from the IceAGE-project (Icelandic marine Animals: Genetics and Ecology). ZooKeys 731: 135-144. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.731.19813
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Within the international IceAGE project (Icelandic marine Animals: Genetics and Ecology) some leucothoid amphipods (Crustacea) were collected, among them a rather small new species, belonging to the “Leucothoe spinicarpa-clade.”
Amphipoda , Atlantic Ocean, IceAGE, Leucothoidae , new species, taxonomy
Within the IceAGE-collections (a follow-up of BIOICE, see for example Berge and Vader, 1997) some rather small specimens of the genus Leucothoe were collected, similar to the ones described in
Samples were taken during IceAGE1 and IceAGE2 (with research vessels ‘Meteor’ and ‘Poseidon’; see
Acronyms used in the morphological descriptions are as follows:
A 1, 2 antenna 1, 2
Md mandible
acc. accessory
Mx 1, 2 maxilla 1, 2
ad. adult
Mxp maxilliped
art article
OP outer plate
Cx coxal plate
P 3–7 peraeopod 3–7
Ep epimeral plate
Ped peduncle
flag flagellum
Pl pleopod
Gn 1, 2 gnathopod 1, 2
T telson
Hd head
U 1–3 uropod 1–3
IP inner plate
UL upper lip
LL lower lip
Leucothoe aff. spinicarpa Krapp-Schickel & Vader, 2012, 386–388, fig. 3, 4
Holotype DZMB–HH 56285 (ZMH K–46787): 1 ad. 5.5 mm, 61°59.83'–61°59.26 N, 000°30.40'–000°32.32'E, Poseidon IceAGE 2, POS 456, 24.7.2013, Norwegian Channel, North Sea, St. 867, 302.5–290 m depth, EBS Supra, 300 μm. In alcohol.
All in alcohol; one slide DZMB-HH52415.
DZMB–HH 52177 (ZMH K–46788): juv. 2 mm; 61°53.79'N–61°53.53'N, 010°13.77'W–010°12.65'W, Poseidon IceAGE 2, POS 456, 29.7.2013, FI Ridge, St. 878–1, 781.4–775.8 m depth, EBS Supra, 300 μm.
DZMB–HH 52021(ZMH K–46789): 1 es. 4 mm; 60°24.33'N–60°23.70'N, 006°36.91'–006°38.60'W, Poseidon IceAGE 2, POS 456, 29.7.2013, Farøer Channel South-East, St. 876–5, 554.3–674.8 m depth, shell fragments, EBS, 500 μm.
DZMB–HH 52593 (ZMHK–46790): 8 es. 3–4 mm; 61°53.79'N–61°53.53'N, 010°13.77'W–010°12.65'W, Poseidon IceAGE 2, POS 456, 29.7.2013, FI Ridge, St. 878–1, 781.4–775.8 m depth.
DZMB–HH 52617(ZMH K–46791): 1 juv. 2.5 mm; 63°42.53'N–63°42.78'N, 026°23.05'–026°22.53'W, Meteor IceAGE, ME 85–3, 9.9. 2011, South Iceland, Irminger Basin, slope, St. 1086–1, 698.1– 678.5 m depth, 730 trawling distance, EBS Supra, 300 μm.
DZMB–HH 52667 (ZMH K–46792): 1 juv. incompl., 2 mm: 61°38.50'N–61°39.24'N, 031°21.37'–031°20,95'W, Meteor IceAGE, ME 85–3, 7.9.2011, South Iceland, Irminger Basin, Deep Sea, St. 1057–1, 2504.7–2531.8 m depth, 1983 trawling distance, EBS Supra, 300 μm.
DZMB–HH 52694 (ZMH K–46793): 3 juv. 2–3 mm; 60°24.33'N–60°23.70'N, 006°36.91'–006°38.60'W, Poseidon IceAGE 2, POS 456, 29.7.2013, Farøer Channel South-East, St. 876–5, 554.3–674.8 m depth, shell fragments, EBS, 500 μm.
DZMB–HH 52415 (ZMH K–46794): 2 es. 2-3 mm; 63°42.10'N–63°42.37'N, 026°23.64'–026°23.46'W, Meteor IceAGE, ME 85–3, 9.9.2011, South Iceland, Irminger Basin, slope, St. 1082–1, 724.4–704.9 m depth, 782 trawling distance, EBS Supra, 300 μm. Slide in Faure’s medium, used for illustration.
Eyes oval, dark in ethanol. Mandibular palp long and narrow, art 3 more than half the length of art 2. Cx 1 inferior margin smooth, nearly as long as wide. Gn 1 carpus distal part approximately six times longer than wide, dactylus reaching approximately 1/3 of propodus length. P 3, P 4 with narrow basis, P 5 – P 7 basis oval and broadened, with regularly rounded and finely serrated hind margin. Ep 2 posterodistally with upturned tip, Ep 3 distoposterior corner with blunt, rounded angle.
Length 4–6 mm.
Head. Anterior margin rounded, anterodistal margin rectangular with rounded corner. Mid-cephalic keel with acute projection. Rostrum small.
Eyes oval. Antennae short, nearly 1/3 of body length, A 1 peduncle art 1 inferodistally with acute tooth, flagellum up to 11 arts, accessory flagellum not seen. A 2 subequal in length to A 1, peduncle art 4 > art 5, flagellum around 6 arts.
Mouthparts. Mandible lacking molars, palp 3-articulate, with long lateral and single distal setae. Art 3 with distal seta, incisors strongly dentate. Other mouthparts like in L. spinicarpa.
Peraeon.Cx 1– Cx 4 relative width 1: 1.2:0.8:1.
Coxa 1 smooth, length and width subequal; anterodistal margin produced, distal margin regularly rounded, facial setae absent.
Gn 1 basis not inflated, carpus distal part narrow, length to width ratio approximately 6:1; propodus straight, palm with fine short spines; dactylus curved, reaching nearly 1/3 of propodus length.
Cx 2 nearly as long as wide, subquadrangular, much wider than Cx 3, smooth; facial setae absent.
Gn 2 basis slightly inflated, on anterior margin some setae of different length; carpus reaching approx. half propodus, distally truncate, setose; propodus distally with short, sharp prolongation, palm convex, regularly rounded, with weak mediofacial setal row, with a few submarginal setae; dactylus curved, smooth, reaching more than 2/3 of propodus length.
Cx 3 length greater than its width, smooth, subrectangular with straight margins and rounded corners.
Cx 4 wider than Cx 3, posterior margin shorter than anterior one, somewhat excavate.
P 3, 4 basis narrow, approx. the width of merus; dactylus reaching or surpassing half the length of propodus.
P 5 – 7 similar, basis oval, both margins with fine serration.
Pleon.Ep 1 posteroventral corner rounded. Ep 2 posterodistal corner acutely produced, Ep 3 posteroventral corner bluntly rounded.
U 1 – U 3 similar, length regularly diminishing and U 2 not considerably shorter (like in L. spinicarpa).
Wim Vader completed eight decades in February 2017. He was born Dutch but having lived for much more than half of his life in Norway, he will easily guess that I used the Norwegian word åtti = eighty for dedicating this Atlantic species to him. Fifty years ago we began our long-lasting and harmonious collaboration, a “golden jubilee”- thank you, Wim!
South Iceland- Farøer Channel and Ridge; depth 554–2531 m.
Together with five specimens collected 1983 between Greenland and Iceland (see
Differences of the small animals compared with Leucothoe spinicarpa are:
• Ep 3 totally blunt (see here fig. 2 and
• U 2 in adults reaching length of U1 (see fig. 2) vs. clearly much shorter than U1 and U3 in L. spinicarpa (
• Gn 1, 2 basis anterior margin with few irregular longer or shorter setae (see here fig. 1,
• Gn 1 dactylus less than half the length of propodus (see above fig. 1;
• sizes of 23 specimens collected between 1 June–30 September are all between 2–4 mm, with only a few reaching 6 mm; vs. size range between 10–19 mm of L. spinicarpa (
These differences are significant enough to distinguish these small specimens as a new species.
Two other Leucothoe species were sampled, L. spinicarpa and L. lilljeborgi, the latter clearly in lower depths than the new species.
DZMB–HH 56264 (ZMH K–46795): 1 spec. 2.5 mm Leucothoe lilljeborgi 61°25.63'–61°25.05'N, 001°21,07'–001°21.66'E, Poseidon IceAGE 2, POS 456, 24.07.2013, Norwegian Channel, North Sea, St. 866, 169.1–168.8 m depth, EBS Epi, 500 μm.
DZMB–HH 56326 (ZMH K–46796): 2 spec. 2–2.5 mm L. lilljeborgi 61°25.63'–61°25.05N, 001°21.07'–001°21.66'E, Poseidon IceAGE 2, POS 456, 24.7.2013, Norwegian Channel, North Sea, St. 866, 169.1–168.8 m depth, EBS Epi, 300 μm decant.
DZMB–HH 56428 (ZMH K–46797): 1 spec. 2.5 mm L. lilljeborgi: 61°25.63'–61°25.05N, 001°21.07'–001°21.66'E, Poseidon IceAGE 2, POS 456, 24.7.2013, Norwegian Channel, North Sea, St. 866, 169.1–168.8 m depth, EBS Epi, 300 μm.
DZMB–HH 56500 (ZMH K–46798): 1 L. spinicarpa 13 mm, 2 males L. lilljeborgi 5.5 and 4 mm 61°59.83'–61°59.26N, 000°30.40'–000°32.32'E, Poseidon IceAGE 2, POS 456, 24.7.2013, Norwegian Channel, North Sea, St. 867, 302.5–290 m depth, EBS Epi, 500 μm.
DZMB–HH 52362 (ZMH K–46799): 1 L. spinicarpa 11 mm; 63°42.53'N–63°42.78'N, 026°23.05'–026°22.53'W, Meteor IceAGE, ME 85-3, 9.9.2011, South Iceland, Irminger Basin, slope, St. 1086-1, 698,1–678.5 m depth, 730 trawling distance, EBS Supra, 300 μm.
DZMB–HH 52627 (ZMH K–46800): 1 L. spinicarpa 8 mm 62°33.10'N–62°33.22'N, 020°23.71'–020°22,87'W, Meteor IceAGE, ME 85-3, 2.9.2011, South Iceland, Iceland Basin, slope, St. 1010–1, 1384.8–1389 m depth, 1183 trawling distance, EBS Supra, 300 μm.
DZMB–HH 32864 (ZMH K–46801): 1 juv. Leucothoe sp. imperf. 2 mm, together with Leucothoe spinicarpa 12 mm; 61°53.79'N–61°53.53'N, 010°13.77'W–010°12.65'W, Poseidon IceAGE 2, POS 456, 29.7.2013, FI Ridge, St. 878-1, 781.4–775.8 m depth, EBS Supra, 300 μm.
After
Locality | Species | Author |
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West Africa | Leucothoe minima | Schellenberg, 1925 |
L. occidentalis | Reid, 1951 | |
L. brunonis | Krapp-Schickel & Menioui, 2005 | |
L. campi | Mateus & Mateus, 1986 | |
L. spinulosa | Chevreux, 1920 | |
South Africa | L. miersi | Stebbing, 1888 |
L. ctenocheir | K.H. Barnard, 1925 | |
L. dolichoceras | K.H. Barnard, 1916 | |
Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico | L. wuriti | Thomas & Klebba, 2007 |
L. flammosa | Thomas & Klebba, 2007 | |
L. hortapugai | Winfried et al. 2009 | |
L. barana | Thomas & Klebba, 2007 | |
L. ortizi | Winfried et al. 2009 | |
L. hendrickxi | Winfried et al. 2009 | |
L. saron | Thomas & Klebba, 2007 | |
L. ubouhu | Thomas & Klebba, 2006 | |
L. garigunae | Thomas & Klebba, 2007 | |
Brazil | L. cheiriserra | Serejo, 1998 |
L. lihue | Barnard, 1970 | |
L. basilobata | Serejo, 1998 | |
L. urospinosa | Serejo, 1998 | |
L. leptosa | Serejo, 1998 | |
Biscaya and Azores | L. cathalaa | Frutos & Sorbe, 2012 |
L. rostrata | Chevreux, 1908 | |
Barbados, Mid Atlantic ridge | L. ayrtonia | Bellan-Santini, 1997 |
L. atosi | Bellan-Santini, 1997 | |
Great Britain, Scotland, northern Atlantic | L. incisa | Robertson, 1892 |
L. procera | Bate, 1857 | |
L. lilljeborgi | Boeck, 1861 | |
L. richiardii | Lessona, 1865 | |
L. spinicarpa | Abildgaard, 1789 | |
L. articulosa | (Montagu, 1804) | |
L. uschakovi | Gurjanova, 1951 |
I want to thank the IceAGE community for cheerful cooperation, friendship, and many unforgettable hours spent together.