Leucothoe amamiensis

Taxonavigation[edit]

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 amamiensis

Name[edit]

Leucothoe amamiensis White & Reimer, 2012

Holotype: RUMF-ZC-1654, ♂ (Q66006968)

Paratype: RUMF-ZC-1655, ♀ (Q66016539)

Type locality: Japan, Sanakuiwa, Amami–oshima Island patch reef (28°06'58"N, 129°22'01"E), in branchial chamber of solitary ascidians, Pyura microcosmus (Savigny, 1816), 10 m, K.N. White, col., 19 March 2011.

Etymology: After ‘Amami’ and referring to the type locality of this species.

References[edit]

Primary references[edit]

White, K.N. & Reimer, J.D. 2012. Commensal Leucothoidae (Crustacea, Amphipoda) of the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Part I: ascidian-dwellers. ZooKeys 163: 13–55. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.163.2003 . Reference page.

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