Leucothoe toribe

Leucothoe toribe

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 toribe

Name

Leucothoe toribe White & Reimer, 2012

Holotype: RUMF-ZC-1784, ♂.

Type locality: Japan, Manza, Okinawa–jima Island, Okinawa, reef wall (26°30'15"N, 127°50'39"E), among coral rubble, 10–23 m, K.N. White and N.S. White, col., 8 February 2011.

Etymology: After the Japanese word ‘toribe’, meaning ‘ladle’ and referring to the spoon-like carpus on gnathopod 2. (Pronounced toe-ree-bay).

ZooBank: 430610B7-66FE-49E0-A683-C0CDD538E2D5

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 toribe in the World Register of Marine Species

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

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