Leucothoe kebukai White and Reimer, 2012c

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Leucothoe kebukai White and Reimer, 2012c

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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).

Figures

Fig. 2. (A) Leucothoe akaisen White and Reimer, 2012c, female, KNW-Dongsha-2017-8b; (B) Leucothoe alani White and Krapp- Schickel, 2017, male, KNW-Dongsha-2017-1e; (C) Leucothoe bise White and Reimer, 2012b, male, KNW-Dongsha-2017-6c; (D) Leucothoe enko White and Reimer, 2012c, female, KNW-Dongsha-2017-9f; (E) Leucothoe furina (Savigny, 1816), male, KNW- Dongsha-2017-4h; (F) Leucothoe hashi White and Reimer, 2012b, male, KNW-Dongsha-2017-9h; (G) Leucothoe kebukai White and Reimer, 2012c, male, KNW-Green-4B; (H) Leucothoe lecroyae White and Reimer, 2012b, male, KNW-Peng-2A.