Leucothoe elegans

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 elegans

Name[edit]

Leucothoe elegans White & Reimer, 2012

Holotype: RUMF-ZC-1658, ♂.

Type locality: Japan, Isso, Yakushima Island patch reef (30°27'29"N, 130°29'22"E), in grey-purple hard sponge, 10–12 m, K.N. White, col., 27 May 2011

Etymology: After the Latin ‘elegans’, meaning tasteful, choice, fine, and referring to the elegant, elongate gnathopod 1 of males and females 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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