Leucothoe lecroyae White and Reimer, 2012b

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Leucothoe lecroyae White and Reimer, 2012b

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Leucothoe lecroyae White and Reimer, 2012b: 20-24 , figs. 9-10, 23C.

Material examined: 2 males, 4 females; KNW-Peng-2A, Penghu, Chin Wan Inner Bay, 23°31'75.1"N, 119°33'59.3"E, 1 m; 30 July 2013; K.N. White, collector. 1 male, 5 females; KNW-Green-2A, 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 among coral rubble in Taiwanese waters (present study) and in sponges of the genus Rhadastrella sp. and family Axinellidae (dark red chimney and orange lumpy), and among coral rubble in the Ryukyus Archipelago ( White and Reimer 2012b).

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

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.