Leucothoe nurunuru

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 nurunuru

Name

Leucothoe nurunuru White & Reimer, 2012

Holotype: RUMF-ZC-1771, ♂.

Type locality: Japan, Channel between Iriomote–jima Island and Hatoma–jima Island, Okinawa, patch reef (24°26'34"N, 123°49'18"E), in canals of slimy black-purple sponge, Iotrochotidae of Dendy 1922 (probably Iotrochota of Ridley 1884), 10 m, K.N. White and N.S. White, col., 22 April 2011.

Etymology: After the Japanese word ‘nurunuru’, meaning ‘slimy’ and referring to the host sponge. (Pronounced new-rue-new-rue).

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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