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 bise
White and Reimer, 2012b
(
Fig. 2C
)
Leucothoe bise
White and Reimer, 2012b: 7-11
, figs. 3-4, 24B.
Material examined
:
1 female
; KNW-Peng-4A,
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
,
3 female
; KNW-Green-2C, Green Island Cshin-lang,
22°39'13.19"N
,
121°29'37.70"E
,
8 m
;
4 August 2013
; K.N. White, collector.
2 males
,
1 female
; KNW-Dongsha-2017-3d,g, Dongsha Atoll lagoon,
20°42'14.76"N
,
116°48'17.21"E
,
11 m
;
21 May 2017
; K.N. White, collector.
2 males
,
6 females
; KNW-Dongsha-2 0 1 7-4b, Dongsha Atoll southeast fore reef,
20°38'11.4"N
,
116°54'25.85"E
,
17 m
;
22 May 2017
; K.N. White, collector.
3 males
,
1 female
; KNW-Dongsha- 2017-5b,e, Dongsha Atoll southeast fore reef,
20°36'58.57"N
,
116°53'14.78"E
,
15 m
;
22 May 2017
; K.N. White, collector.
4 males
,
11 females
; KNW-Dongsha-2017-6c, 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
; KNW- Dongsha-2017-7c, 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.
2 males
,
3 females
; KNW-Dongsha-2017-8a, 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.
1 male
,
1 female
; KNW-Dongsha- 2017-9c, 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.
1 male
,
1 female
,
1 juvenile
; KNW-Dongsha-2017-11c, Dongsha Atoll, southwest lagoon,
20°39'32.00"N
,
116°45'14.68"E
,
5 m
;
26 May 2017
; K.N. White, collector.
3 females
; KNW-Dongsha-2017-13a, Dongsha Atoll, south fore reef,
20°35'08.62"N
,
116°47'28.67"E
,
20 m
;
30 May 2017
; K.N. White, collector.
Ecology
: This species lives inside sponges of the genus
Haliclona
Grant, 1836
and among coral rubble in Taiwanese waters (present study) and inside sponges of the genus
Tedania
Gray, 1867
and among coral rubble in the Ryukyus Archipelago (
White and Reimer 2012b
).
Distribution
: South
China
Sea:
Penghu
, Dongsha Atoll,
Taiwan
; Philippine Sea: Green Island,
Taiwan
(present study); East
China
Sea:
Okinawa
Island, Iriomote Island (both
Okinawa
),
Japan
(
White and Reimer 2012b
).