Leucothoe akuma

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 akuma

Name

Leucothoe akuma White & Reimer, 2012

Holotype: RUMF-ZC-1861, ♂.

Type locality: Japan, Toguchi Beach, Okinawa–jima Island, Okinawa, patch reef (26°21'47"N, 127°44'12"E), among coral rubble, 1–2 m, K.N. White and N.S. White, col., 20 October 2010.

Etymology: After the Japanese word ‘akuma’, meaning ‘devil’ and referring to the type locality, also known as ‘Devil’s Cove’ (pronounced ah-koo-ma).

ZooBank: 92D41396-9D89-4BE4-8851-B08DD693101C

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 akuma in the World Register of Marine Species

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

For more multimedia, look at Leucothoe akuma on Wikimedia Commons.