Leucothoe hashi 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 : 4-6

Leucothoe hashi White and Reimer, 2012b

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Leucothoe hashi White and Reimer, 2012b: 16-20 , figs 7-8, 24A.

Material examined: 1 male, 1 female; KNW-Peng-1A, Penghu, Chin Wan Inner Bay, 2 3°3 1'7 5.1"N, 11 9°3 3'5 9.3"E, 1 m; 3 0 July 2013; K.N. White, collector. 1 male, 3 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. 2 male, 4 females; KNW- Peng-3C, Penghu, Dong Gee, 23°15'21.8"N, 119°39'95.9"E, 10 m; 31 July 2013; K.N. White, collector. 6 males, 11 females; KNW-Green-3A, Green Island Mushroom Coral, 22°39'24.35"N, 121°28'18.04"E, 20 m; 4 August 2013; K.N. White, collector. 2 females; KNW-Green-3B, Green Island Mushroom Coral, 22°39'24.35"N, 121°28'18.04"E, 20 m; 4 August 2013; K.N. White, collector. 3 females; KNW-Green-4A, Green Island Turtle Bay 22°38'31.04"N, 121°28'50.98"E, 20 m; 5 August 2013; K.N. White, collector. 2 males, 5 females; KNW-Green-4D, 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-2017-4d, Dongsha Atoll southeast fore reef, 20°38'11.4"N, 116°54'25.85"E, 17 m; 22 May 2017; K.N. White, collector. 1 male; KNW- Dongsha-2017-5d, Dongsha Atoll southeast fore reef, 20°36'58.57"N, 116°53'14.78"E, 15 m; 22 May 2017; K.N. White, collector. 1 male, 1 female, 1 juvenile; KNW-Dongsha-2017-7b, 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. 3 males, 3 females; KNW-Dongsha- 2017-8d, 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. 1 male, 1 female; KNW-Dongsha-2017-9d, h, 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. 2 males; KNW-Dongsha-2017-11d, Dongsha Atoll, southwest lagoon, 20°39'32.00"N, 116°45'14.68"E, 5 m; 26 May 2017; K.N. White, collector. 2 males, 2 females; KNW-Dongsha-2017-13b,e, 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 Callyspongia Duchassaing and Michelotti, 1864, red orange, and yellow sponges and among coral rubble in Taiwanese waters (present study); and inside Callyspongia,? Clathria (Thalysias) reinwardti Vosmaer, 1880, and sponges in the genera Haliclona and Tedania , and among coral rubble in the Ryukyus Archipelago ( White and Reimer 2012b).

Distribution: South China Sea: Penghu, and Dongsha Atoll, Taiwan; Philippine Sea: Green Island, Taiwan (present study); East China Sea: Iriomote Island, Okinawa Island (both Okinawa), Tokunoshima Island, Amami-oshima Island, Yakushima Island (all 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.