Leucothoe akaisen White and Reimer, 2012c

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 : 2-3

Leucothoe akaisen White and Reimer, 2012c

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Leucothoe akaisen White and Reimer, 2012c: 18-22 , figs. 3, 4, 15D.

Material examined: 1 male, 1 female; KNW- Dongsha-2017-8b, 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: This species occurs among coral rubble in Taiwanese waters and the Ryukyus Archipelago (present study; White and Reimer 2012c).

Distribution: South China Sea: Dongsha Atoll, Taiwan (present study); East China Sea: Ishigaki Island, Iriomote Island, Okinawa Island (all 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.