Taiwanese Leucothoidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda), Including Three New Species from Dongsha Atoll.
Author
White, Kristine N.
The University of Tampa, Biology, 401 W. Kennedy Blvd., Tampa, FL 33606 U. S. A.
Author
Machida, Ryuji J.
The University of Tampa, Biology, 401 W. Kennedy Blvd., Tampa, FL 33606 U. S. A. & Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, 128 Academia Road, Section 2, Nankang, Taipei 11529 Taiwan. & The University of Tampa, Biology, 401 W. Kennedy Blvd., Tampa, FL 33606 U. S. A.
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Zoological Studies
2018
2018-09-27
57
47
1
22
http://dx.doi.org/10.6620/ZS.2018.57-47
journal article
10.6620/ZS.2018.57-47
1810-522X
PMC6517761
31966287
12825927
F347BCBB-F9D5-4A2B-8A01-8CB1183889A9
Leucothoe enko
White and Reimer, 2012c
(
Fig. 2D
)
Leucothoe enko
White and Reimer, 2012c: 30-34
, figs. 9-10, 15C.
Material examined
:
1 male
,
1 female
; KNW- G r e e n -3D, G r e e n I s l a n d M u s h r o o m C o r a l,
22°39'24.35"N
,
121°28'18.04"E
,
20 m
;
4 August 2013
; K.N. White, collector.
4 males
,
6 females
; KNW-Green-4E, Green Island Turtle Bay
22°38'31.04"N
,
121°28'50.98"E
,
20 m
;
5 August 2013
; K.N. White, collector.
1 female
; KNW- Dongsha-2017-
6g
, Dongsha Atoll east fore reef,
20°40'38.18"N
,
116°55'31.30"E
,
17.4 m
;
23 May 2017
; K.N. White, collector.
1 male
,
1 female
; KNW-Dongsha-2017-7e, Dongsha Atoll, northeast fore reef,
20°46'52.26"N
,
116°45'51.50"E
,
17.8 m
;
23 May 2017
; K.N. White, collector.
1 male
; KNW- Dongsha-2017-9f, Dongsha Atoll, northeast fore reef,
20°46'52.11"N
,
116°48'10.81"E
,
17.7 m
;
24 May 2017
; K.N. White, collector.
© 2018 Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Ecology
: This species lives inside gray mucous-filled, red, and red-orange sponges and among coral rubble in Taiwanese waters (present study) and among coral rubble in the Ryukyus Archipelago (
White and Reimer 2012c
).
Distribution
: South
China
Sea: Dongsha Atoll,
Taiwan
; Philippine Sea: Green Island,
Taiwan
(present study); East
China
Sea:
Okinawa
Island (
Okinawa
), Okinoerabu Island and Tokunoshima Island (both
Kagoshima
),
Japan
(
White and Reimer 2012c
).