Leucothoe kebukai

Leucothoe kebukai

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 kebukai

Name

Leucothoe kebukai White & Reimer, 2012

Holotype: RUMF-ZC-1865, ♂.

Type locality: Japan, Yona, Kunigami, Okinawa–jima Island, Okinawa, reef wall (26°45'56"N, 128°11'46"E), among coral rubble, 9 m, K.N. White and N.S. White, col., 23 October 2010.

Etymology: After the Japanese word ‘kebukai’, meaning ‘hairy’ and referring to the long setae on gnathopod 2 basis anterior margin (pronounced kay-boo-kigh).

ZooBank: 67D3C0E3-1116-4C18-BB11-BB8536620BD3

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 kebukai in the World Register of Marine Species

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

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