Leucothoe obuchii White and Reimer, 2012a

White, Kristine N. & Machida, Ryuji J., 2018, Taiwanese Leucothoidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda), Including Three New Species from Dongsha Atoll., Zoological Studies 57 (47), pp. 1-22 : 6

Leucothoe obuchii White and Reimer, 2012a

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Leucothoe obuchii White and Reimer, 2012a: 31-34 , figs. 9- 10, 17E.

Material examined: 1 male, 1 female; KNW- Green-1A, Green Island Chiakou, 22°40'34.72"N, 121°28'59.91"E, 10 m; 4 August 2013; K.N. White, collector. 2 males. 2 females; KNW-Green- 2B, Green Island Cshin-lang, 22°39'13.19"N, 121°29'37.70"E, 8 m; 4 August 2013; K.N. White, collector.

Ecology: This species lives in the branchial chamber of Pyura sp. ascidians and among coral rubble in Taiwanese waters (present study) and in the branchial chamber of Rhopalaea circula and Rhopalaea sp. ascidians and among coral rubble in the Ryukyus Archipelago ( White and Reimer 2012a).

Distribution: Philippine Sea: Green Island, Taiwan (present study); East China Sea: Okinawa Island (Okinawa), Tokunoshima Island, Amami- oshima Island, and Yakushima Island (all Kagoshima), Japan ( White and Reimer 2012a).

Figures

Fig. 3. (A) Leucothoe obuchii White and Reimer, 2012a, male, KNW-Green-2B; (B) Leucothoe ouraensis White and Reimer, 2012b, female, KNW-Dongsha-2017-10c; (C) Leucothoe togatta White and Reimer, 2012b, male, KNW-Dongsha-2017-7d; (D) Leucothoe toribe White and Reimer, 2012b, female, KNW-Dongsha-2017-6b; (E) Leucothoe trulla White and Reimer, 2012a, male, KNW-Dongsha-2017- 8a; (F) Leucothoe batillum sp. nov., male, KNW-Dongsha-2017-3f; (G) Leucothoe cracentis sp. nov., female, KNW-Dongsha-2017-4b; (H) Paranamixis lunata sp. nov., male anamorph, KNW-Dongsha-2017-7a; (I) Paranamixis lunata sp. nov., female leucomorph, KNW- Dongsha-2017-9a.