Leucothoe ouraensis

Leucothoe ouraensis

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 ouraensis

Name

Leucothoe ouraensis White & Reimer, 2012

Holotype: RUMF-ZC-1774, ♂.

Type locality: Japan, Kita–nakase, Oura–wan Bay, Okinawa–jima Island, Okinawa, patch reef (26°32'40"N, 128°03'36"E), among coral rubble, 30 m, K.N. White and N.S. White, col., 3 March 2011.

Etymology: After the Japanese place name ‘Oura’, meaning ‘large inlet’ and referring to the type locality. (Pronounced oh-ooh-ra).

ZooBank: 6A8C5B7D-3111-4AEE-AEFB-0F3A26FE01A4

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 ouraensis in the World Register of Marine Species

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

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