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 togatta
White and Reimer, 2012b
(
Fig. 3C
)
Leucothoe togatta
White and Reimer, 2012b: 36-40
, figs. 17-18, 23G.
Material examined
:
1 female
; KNW-Peng-3A,
Penghu
, Dong Gee,
23°15'21.8"N
, 119°39'95.9"E,
10 m
;
31 July 2013
; K.N. White, collector.
1 female
; KNW-Peng-3D,
Penghu
, Dong Gee,
23°15'21.8"N
, 119°39'95.9"E,
10 m
;
31 July 2013
; K.N. White, collector.
1 female
; KNW-Peng-4B,
Penghu
, Go Sha Zai, 23°22'70.2"N, 119°31'98.4"E,
7 m
;
31 July 2013
; K.N. White, collector.
1 male
; KNW- Green-1D, Green Island Chiakou,
22°40'34.72"N
,
121°28'59.91"E
,
10 m
;
4 August 2013
; K.N. White, collector.
1 male
; KNW-Dongsha-2017-7d, 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
,
2 females
; KNW-Dongsha- 2017-8e, Dongsha Atoll, northwest fore reef,
20°46'23.75"N
,
116°45'58.78"E
,
17.4 m
;
24 May 2017
; K.N. White, collector.
Ecology
: In hard brown bumpy sponges and among coral rubble (present study); In hard brown sponges of the genus
Jaspis
, and among coral rubble (
White and Reimer 2012b
).
Distribution
: South
China
Sea:
Penghu
and Dongsha Atoll,
Taiwan
; Philippine Sea: Green Island,
Taiwan
(present study); East
China
Sea:
Okinawa
Island (
Okinawa
), Yakushima Island (
Kagoshima
),
Japan
. (
White and Reimer 2012b
).