Leucothoe chiisainame

Leucothoe chiisainame

Taxonavigation

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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 chiisainame

Name

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Leucothoe chiisainame White & Reimer, 2012

Holotype: RUMF-ZC-1874, ♀.
Type locality: Japan, Kurio, Yakushima Island, Kagoshima, reef wall (30°16'00"N, 130°24'55"E), among coral rubble, 7–10 m, K.N. White and N.S. White, col., 26 May 2011.
Etymology: After the Japanese words ‘chiisai’, meaning ‘small’ and ‘me’, meaning ‘eye’ and referring to the very small eye (pronounced chee-sy-nah-may).
ZooBank: 968C3205-8DF1-4CF1-B9BF-CDF68C5EA86C

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