Leucothoe lecroyae

Leucothoe lecroyae

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 lecroyae

Name

Leucothoe lecroyae White & Reimer, 2012

Holotype: RUMF-ZC-1763, ♂.

Type locality: Japan, Kuse, Kakeroma–jima Island reef wall (28°06'05"N, 129°21'12"E), in canals of brown sponge, Rhabdastrella of Thiele 1903, 10 m, K.N. White, col., 19 March 2011.

Etymology: Named for Sara E. LeCroy, in recognition of her contribution to amphipod taxonomy. Ms LeCroy has been a colleague and friend for the past 7 years and the first author is very grateful for all her support.

ZooBank: 5089CA73-CBB4-4A13-A3A2-9F1CE93749FB

References

Primary references

• White, K.N., Reimer, J.D. 2012. Commensal Leucothoidae (Crustacea, Amphipoda) of the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Part II: sponge-dwellers. ZooKeys. 166: 1-58. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.166.2313 Reference page. 

Links

• Leucothoe lecroyae in the World Register of Marine Species

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

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