Leucothoe nagatekubi

Leucothoe nagatekubi

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 nagatekubi

Name

Leucothoe nagatekubi White & Reimer, 2012

Holotype: RUMF-ZC-1768, ♂.

Type locality: Japan, Mizugama, Okinawa–jima Island, Okinawa, reef wall (26°21'35"N, 127°44'22"E), in canals of orange encrusting sponge, Clathria of Schmidt 1862, 10 m, N.S. White, col., 26 February 2011.

Etymology: After the Japanese words ‘nagai’, meaning ‘long’, and ‘tekubi’, meaning ‘wrist’ and referring to the elongate carpus on gnathopod 2. (Pronounced na-ga-tay-koo-bee).

ZooBank: 5416F771-FBE3-4D5F-A7A2-2D25A582ADA0

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 nagatekubi in the World Register of Marine Species
BHL bibliography

Leucothoe nagatekubi – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Leucothoe nagatekubi.

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