Leucothoidae

Authors

Kristine N. White, University of Southern Mississippi
James Darwin Thomas, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Zootaxa

ISSN

1175-5326

Publication Date

10-8-2009

Keywords

Crustacea, Amphipoda, Leucothoidae, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, Taxonomy, New species, Anamixis bazimut, Leucothoe adelphe, Leucothoe bova, Leucothoe epidemos, Leucothoe eumilli, Leucothoe hipposideros, Leucothoe laevipalma, Leucothoe makrommatos, Leucothoe odontiskos, Leucothoe pollexa, Leucothoe rudicula, Leucothoe serrata, Leucothoe sparsa, Leucothoe thula, Leucothoe undulata, Leucothoella gracilis, Paranamixis jiigurru

Abstract

Four genera and 17 species of leucothoids, the majority of these belonging to the genus Leucothoe, are herein reported from the Great Barrier Reef. Fifteen species are new to science and only Anamixis bazimut has been previously reported from the Great Barrier Reef.

Volume

2260

First Page

494

Last Page

555

Comments

©2009 Magnolia Press

Additional Comments

In: Lowry, J.K. & Myers, A.A. (Eds) (2009) Benthic Amphipoda (Crustacea: Peracarida) of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Zootaxa, 2260, 1–930.

© 2009 Magnolia Press

NSUWorks Citation

Kristine N. White and James Darwin Thomas. 2009. Leucothoidae .Zootaxa : 494 -555. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_facarticles/574.