Leucothoe enko 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 : 3-4

Leucothoe enko White and Reimer, 2012c

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Leucothoe enko White and Reimer, 2012c: 30-34 , figs. 9-10, 15C.

Material examined: 1 male, 1 female; KNW- G r e e n -3D, G r e e n I s l a n d M u s h r o o m C o r a l, 22°39'24.35"N, 121°28'18.04"E, 20 m; 4 August 2013; K.N. White, collector. 4 males, 6 females; KNW-Green-4E, Green Island Turtle Bay 22°38'31.04"N, 121°28'50.98"E, 20 m; 5 August 2013; K.N. White, collector. 1 female; KNW- Dongsha-2017- 6g, 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, 1 female; KNW-Dongsha-2017-7e, 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; KNW- Dongsha-2017-9f, 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.

Ecology: This species lives inside gray mucous-filled, red, and red-orange sponges and among 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), Okinoerabu Island and Tokunoshima 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.