Biology:Leucothoe incisa
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Short description: Species of crustacean
| Leucothoe incisa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| 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 Leucothoe lilljeborgi and Leucothoe occulta.[4]
References
- ↑ "Leucothoe incisa". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=94200.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 M. J. de Kluijver & S. S. Ingalsuo. "Leucothoe incisa". Macrobenthos of the North Sea – Crustacea. Universiteit van Amsterdam. http://ns-crustacea.linnaeus.naturalis.nl/linnaeus_ng/app/views/species/taxon.php?id=120276&epi=180. Retrieved April 7, 2010.
- ↑ M. Costello & D. Bellan-Santini (December 21, 2004). "Leucothoe incisa Robertson, 1892". World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=102460. 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q3934195 entry
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