Leucothoe bise

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Leucothoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Peracarida Ordo: Amphipoda Subordo: Amphilochidea Infraordo: Amphilochida Parvordo: Amphilochidira Superfamilia: Leucothoidea

Familia: Leucothoidae
Genus: Leucothoe
Species: Leucothoe bise

Name

Leucothoe bise White & Reimer, 2012

Holotype: RUMF-ZC-1738, ♂.

Type locality: Japan, Bise, Okinawa–jima Island, Okinawa, reef wall (26°42'46"N, 127°52'44"E), among coral rubble, 7–15 m, K.N. White and N.S. White, col., 9 February 2011

Etymology: After the Japanese place name, ‘Bise’, and referring to the type locality. (Pronounced bee-say.)

References

White, K.N. & Reimer, J.D. 2012. Commensal Leucothoidae (Crustacea, Amphipoda) of the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Part I: ascidian-dwellers. ZooKeys 163: 13–55. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.163.2003 . Reference page.

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