Leucothoe alani White and Krapp-Schickel,

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

Leucothoe alani White and Krapp-Schickel,

2017

( Fig. 2B )

Leucothoe alani White and Krapp-Schickel, 2017: 10-11 , no

figs.? Leucothoella bannwarthi Barnard, 1965: 492 , fig. 7- Myers,

1985: 94, figs. 74-75.? Leucothoe bannwarthi [sic] - Myers, 2013: 307.

Material examined: 1 male; KNW- Dongsha-2017-1e Dongsha Atoll north beach, 20°42'18.26"N, 116°43'43.29"E, 1.5 m; 29 May 2017; K. N. White, collector. 1male, 1 female; KNW-Dongsha-2017-3b, Dongsha Atoll lagoon, 20°42'14.76"N, 116°48'17.2074"E, 11 m; 21 May 2017; K. N. White, collector. 1 male, 1 female; KNW-Dongsha-2017-11f, Dongsha Atoll southwest lagoon, 20°39'32.00"N, 116°45'14.68"E, 5 m; 26 May 2017; K. N. White, collector. 1 male; KNW- Dongsha-2017-12e, 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 occurs among coral rubble (present study) and among Halimeda and sponges, including Melophlus sarasinorum Thiele, 1899, and coral rubble ( Myers 1985; White and Krapp-Schickel 2017).

Distribution: South China Sea: Dongsha Atoll, Taiwan (present study); Pacific Ocean: Fiji ( Myers 1985); Western Pacific Ocean: Micronesia: Ifaluk Atoll ( Barnard 1965); Palau ( Myers 2013).

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.