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 kebukai
White and Reimer, 2012c
(
Fig. 2G
)
Leucothoe kebukai
White and Reimer, 2012c: 34-38
, figs. 11-
12, 15E
.
Material examined
:
1 male
,
1 female
,
1 juvenile
; KNW-Green-4B, Green Island Turtle Bay
22°38'31.04"N
,
121°28'50.98"E
,
20 m
;
5 August 2013
; K.N. White, collector.
1 male
,
1 female
; KNW-Dongsha-2017-4f, Dongsha Atoll southeast fore reef,
20°38'11.4"N
,
116°54'25.85"E
,
17 m
;
22 May 2017
; K.N. White, collector.
Ecology
: This species lives inside a red sponge and among
Halimeda
and 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
), Tokunoshima Island, Yakushima Island (both
Kagoshima
),
Japan
(
White and Reimer 2012c
).