Leucothoe akaisen

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 akaisen

Name

Leucothoe akaisen White & Reimer, 2012

Holotype: RUMF-ZC-1854, ♂.

Type locality: Japan, Sunabe Seawall, Okinawa–jima Island, Okinawa, spur and groove reef (26°19'25"N, 127°44'43"E), among coral rubble, 6–9 m, K.N. White and N.S. White, col., 16 October 2010.

Etymology: After the Japanese words ‘akai’, meaning ‘red’ and ‘sen’, meaning ‘line’ and referring to the red stripes along the antenna 1 peduncle (pronounced ah-ky-sen).

ZooBank: 76556C59-E6CF-4080-B622-8F6DDCFD6721

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 akaisen in the World Register of Marine Species

BHL bibliography
Leucothoe akaisen – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Leucothoe akaisen.
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