Anamixis sentan

Anamixis sentan, anamorph male

Anamixis sentan, leucomorph female

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: Anamixidae
Genus: Anamixis

Species: Anamixis sentan

Name

Anamixis sentan White & Reimer, 2012

Holotype: RUMF-ZC-1837, ♂.

Type locality: Japan, Sunabe Seawall, Okinawa–jima Island, Okinawa, spur and groove reef (26°19'25"N, 127°44'43"E), among coral rubble, 3–12 m, K.N. White and N.S. White, col., 17 February 2011.

Etymology: After the Japanese word ‘sentan’, meaning ‘pointy end’ and referring to the angular head and ventral cephalic keel (pronounced sen-tahn).

ZooBank: 690636D9-C67C-4454-B51B-21353E88E312

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

• Anamixis sentan in the World Register of Marine Species

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

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