Leucothoe enko

Leucothoe enko

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 enko

Name

Leucothoe enko White & Reimer, 2012

Holotype: RUMF-ZC-1850, ♂.

Type locality: Japan, Omonawa, Tokunoshima Island, Kagoshima, reef wall (27°53'29"N, 128°56'10"E), among coral rubble, 21 m, K.N. White and N.S. White, col., 21 September 2010.

Etymology: After the Japanese word ‘enko’, meaning ‘arc’ and referring to the concave gnathopod 2 propodus palm (pronounced en-koh).

ZooBank: 3CFF4120-9249-4A14-8966-C427EC500A1D

References

Primary references

• Reimer, J.D., White, K.N. 2012. Commensal Leucothoidae (Crustacea, Amphipoda) of the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Part III: coral rubble-dwellers. ZooKeys. 173: 11-50. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.173.2498 Reference page. 

Links

• Leucothoe enko in the World Register of Marine Species

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

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