Leucothoe akaoni

Leucothoe akaoni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Leucothoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa 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 akaoni

Name

Leucothoe akaoni White & Reimer, 2012

Holotype: RUMF-ZC-1732, ♀.

Type locality: Japan, Zanpa Cape, Okinawa–jima Island, Okinawa, reef wall (26°26'27"N ,127°43'03"E), in canals of large white ball sponge, Tetillidae of Sollas 1886, 30 m, Daisuke Ueno, col., 26 February 2011.

Etymology: After the Japanese words ‘aka’, meaning ‘red’, and ‘oni’, meaning ‘barbarian’ and referring to the red color and large size (pronounced ah-ka-oh-nee).

ZooBank: F254D541-1FB7-432B-A62E-665D65E787B6

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 akaoni in the World Register of Marine Species
BHL bibliography

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

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

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