Leucothoe vulgaris

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 vulgaris

Name[edit]

Leucothoe vulgaris White & Reimer, 2012

Holotype: RUMF-ZC-1672, ♂.

Type locality: Okinawa, Japan, Zanpa Cape reef wall (26°26'27.19"N, 127°43'03"E), in branchial chamber of solitary ascidian, Pyura of Molina, 1782, 10–30 m, K.N. White and N.S. White col., 13 December 2010.

Etymology: After the Latin ‘vulgaris’, meaning ‘common, commonplace’ and referring to the widespread distribution and the apparent lack of host specificity 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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