Leucothoe incisa
| Leucothoe incisa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| 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 Leucothoe lilljeborgi and Leucothoe occulta.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
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