Leucothoe trulla

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

Holotype: RUMF-ZC-1669, ♂.

Type locality: Ishigaki, Japan, Inoda Beach patch reef (24°27'46"N, 124°15'13"E), coral rubble, K.N. White col. 20 April 2011.

Etymology: After the Latin ‘trulla’, meaning ‘stirring spoon, skimmer’ and referring to the spoon-like carpus on male gnathopod 2.

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.