Leucothoe trulla White and Reimer, 2012a

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 : 7-9

Leucothoe trulla White and Reimer, 2012a

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Leucothoe trulla White and Reimer, 2012a: 34-38 , figs. 11-12, 17F.

Material examined: 3 males, 6 females; KNW-Dongsha-2017-1a,c, Dongsha Atoll north beach, 20°42'18.26"N, 116°43'43.29"E, 1.5 m; 29 May 2017; K.N. White, collector. 1 male, 5 females, 1 juvenile; KNW-Dongsha-2017-2a,b,e,i, Dongsha Atoll northwest beach, 20°42'18.26"N, 116°43'43.29"E, 1.5 m; 19 May 2017; K.N. White, collector. 1 male, 2 females; KNW-Dongsha- 2017-8c, 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. 7 females; KNW- Dongsha-2017-12c, Dongsha Atoll south beach, 20°47'57.48"N, 116°43'24.07"E, 1.7 m; 27 May 2017; K.N. White, collector.

Ecology: This species lives inside Haliclona simmiformes sponges, sponges of the genera Cinachyrella and Cladocrocae, and among Halimeda and coral rubble in Taiwanese waters (present study) and in the branchial chamber of Herdmania ascidians and among coral rubble in the Ryukyus Archipelago ( White and Reimer 2012a).

Distribution: South China Sea: Dongsha Atoll, Taiwan (present study); East China Sea: Ishigaki Island and Iriomote Island, Okinawa, Japan ( White and Reimer 2012a).

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.