Leucothoe hashi

Leucothoe hashi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Leucothoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Peracarida Ordo: Amphipoda Subordo: Amphilochidea Infraordo: Amphilochida Parvordo: Amphilochidira Superfamilia: Leucothoidea

Familia: Leucothoidae
Genus: Leucothoe
Species: Leucothoe hashi

Name

Leucothoe hashi White & Reimer, 2012

Holotype: RUMF-ZC-1747, ♂.

Type locality: Japan, Mizugama, Okinawa–jima Island, Okinawa, reef wall (26°21'35"N, 127°44'22"E), in canals of yellow-beige sponge, Callyspongia of Duchassaing and Michelotti 1864, 8–10 m, K.N. White, col., 10 April 2011.

Etymology: After the Japanese word ‘hashi’, meaning ‘chopsticks’ and referring to the extremely slender carpus and propodus of gnathopod 1. (Pronounced hah-shee.).

ZooBank: 40C1B3A0-33C9-419C-A5D8-267DA462931C

References

Primary references

• White, K.N., Reimer, J.D. 2012. Commensal Leucothoidae (Crustacea, Amphipoda) of the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Part II: sponge-dwellers. ZooKeys. 166: 1-58. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.166.2313 Reference page. 

Links

• Leucothoe hashi in the World Register of Marine Species

• BHL bibliography
• Leucothoe hashi – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Leucothoe hashi.
• ION
• Species-ID

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