Leucothoe incisa explained

Leucothoe incisa is an amphipod in the family Leucothoidae. It grows up to long, and is whitish in colour, but a yellowish green along the back, with intensely red eyes.[1] It lives at depths of up to 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.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: M. Costello & D. Bellan-Santini . December 21, 2004 . Leucothoe incisa Robertson, 1892 . . April 7, 2010.
  2. Web site: Leucothoe incisa . Macrobenthos of the North Sea – Crustacea . M. J. de Kluijver & S. S. Ingalsuo . . April 7, 2010.
  3. . 1986 . 66 . 75–82 . 10.1017/S0025315400039655 . A. A. Myers & M. J. Costello . The amphipod sibling pair Leucothoe lilljeborgi and L. incisa in British and Irish waters.

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