Leucothoe zanpa White & Reimer 2012

Head. Anterior margin excavate, anterodistal margin subquadrate; ventral cephalic keel anterior margin excavate, anteroventral margin rounded, ventral margin straight; eyes with more than 10 ommatidia, rectangular. Antenna 1 0.6 × body length, flagellum 6–articulate, peduncle article 1 width greater than 2 × article 2, accessory flagellum absent. Antenna 2 0.5 × body length, slightly shorter than antenna 1, flagellum 3–articulate. Mandibular palp ratio of articles 1–3 1.0: 2.0: 1.3, article 2 with 4–5 short distal setae, article 3 with 2 distal setae, incisors strongly dentate; left mandible with 8 raker spines, lacinia mobilis large, strongly toothed; right mandible with 12 raker spines, lacinia mobilis small, strongly dentate. Upper lip asymmetrically lobate, anterior margin setose. Lower lip inner lobes fused, bare; outer lobes with large gape, anterior margins setose. Maxilla 1 palp 2–articulate with 4 distal setae; outer plate with 4 distal robust setae and 7 distal setae. Maxilla 2 inner plate with 5 robust distal setae and 1 slender facial seta; outer plate with 4 robust distal setae, 7 distal and 5 proximal slender marginal setae. Maxilliped inner plates fused, distal margin with a v-shaped indentation, with short robust setae; outer plate inner margin tuberculate, reaching 0.1 × palp article 1, with simple marginal setae, facial setae present; palp article 4 subequal in length with article 3, distally acute. Pereon. Coxae 1–4 relative widths 1.0: 1.9: 1.7: 1.7. Gnathopod 1 coxa smooth, with tiny marginal setae, anterior margin straight, anterodistal margin subquadrate, distal margin straight, posterior margin excavate, facial setae absent; basis proximally inflated, anterior margin with 4 setae, posterior margin with 2 setae; ischium bare; carpus linear, distal length 14.1 × width, proximal margin with denticles, distal margin bare; propodus curved, palm serrate with 13 distal setae; dactylus smooth, reaching 0.2 × propodus length. Gnathopod 2 coxa longer than broad, subequal in size with coxa 3, smooth, with tiny marginal setae, anterodistally rounded, distal margin straight, posterior margin straight, facial setae absent; basis linear, anterior margin with 5 short setae, posterior margin with 2 long setae; ischium with 5 long posterodistal setae; carpus 0.4 × propodus length, straight, distally tapered, anterior margin smooth; propodus with 1 mediofacial setal row displaced to midline, reaching 0.6 × propodus length, with 1 row of robust submarginal setae, posterior margin smooth, palm convex with many small tubercles; dactylus curved, proximal margin smooth, bare, anterior margin distally subacute, reaching 0.6 × propodus length. Pereopod 3 coxa length 0.8 × width, anterodistal corner overriding distal face of coxa 2, not extending below it, smooth, with tiny marginal setae, anterior margin evenly rounded, distal and posterior margins straight, facial setae absent. Pereopod 4 coxa smooth, with tiny marginal setae, anterior margin straight, distal margin evenly rounded, posterior margin straight, facial setae absent. Pereopod 5 coxa facial setae present, pereopods 6–7 coxae facial setae absent. Pereopods 5–7 bases width length ratios 1: 1.8, 1: 1.9, 1: 1.7, posterior margins smooth, setose. Pleon. Epimera 1 and 3 bare, epimeron 2 with ventral setae; epimeron 3 posteroventral corner rounded. Uropods 1–3 relative lengths 1.0: 0.7: 0.8. Uropod 1 peduncle and outer ramus subequal in length with inner ramus; inner ramus with 1 robust seta; outer ramus lined with short marginal setae, with 5 robust setae. Uropod 2 peduncle 0.9 × inner ramus length, outer ramus 0.8 × inner ramus length; inner ramus with 2 robust setae; outer ramus lined with short marginal setae, with 2 robust setae. Uropod 3 peduncle 1.5 × inner ramus length, outer ramus subequal in length with inner ramus; inner ramus lined with short marginal setae, without robust setae; outer ramus with 3 robust setae. Telson 2.0 × longer than wide, apex truncate. Female (sexually dimorphic characters). Antenna 1 0.2 × body length. Antenna 2 0.3 × body length, subequal in length with antenna 1. Gnathopod 1 basis proximally wider than in male, posterior margin with 11 long setae. Gnathopod 2 basis anterior margin with 10 short setae.

East China Sea: Okinawa–jima Island, Okinawa, Japan.