Leucothoe ouraensis White and Reimer, 2012b

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 : 7

Leucothoe ouraensis White and Reimer, 2012b

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Leucothoe ouraensis White and Reimer, 2012b: 32-26 , figs. 15- 16, 23E.

Material examined: 2 females; KNW-Green- 4C, 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- 2017-9i, 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. 4 males, 8 females; KNW- Dongsha-2017-10c, Dongsha Atoll southwest fore reef, 20°35'58.45"N, 116°45'05.55"E, 12 m; 26 May 2017; K.N. White, collector. 1 male; KNW- Dongsha-2017-11e, Dongsha Atoll, southwest lagoon, 20°39'32.00"N, 116°45'14.68"E, 5 m; 26 May 2017; K.N. White, collector. 1 female; KNW- Dongsha-2017-13c, Dongsha Atoll, south fore reef, 20°35'08.62"N, 116°47'28.67"E, 20 m; 30 May 2017; K.N. White, collector.

Ecology: This species lives inside soft red and red orange sponges and among coral rubble in Taiwanese waters (present study) and inside sponges of the genus Mycale (brown-red chimney and bivalve-encrusting) and Mycale (Zygomycale) parishii ( Bowerbank, 1875), and among coral rubble in the Ryukyus Archipelago ( White and Reimer 2012b).

Distribution: South China Sea: Dongsha Atoll, Taiwan; Philippine Sea: Green Island, Taiwan (present study); East China Sea: Okinawa-jima Island, Okinawa, Japan ( White and Reimer 2012b).

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.