Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles
Transformation of the Leucothoides Morph to the Anamixis Morph (Amphipoda)
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Journal of Crustacean Biology
ISSN
0278-0372
Publication Date
1-1983
Abstract
Males of Leucothoides pottsi transform into males of Anamixis hanseni in one ecdysis, during which some of the mouthparts degenerate and in which gnathopod 2 changes from a small appendage to a giant form. Leucothoides is therefore a junior synonym of Anamixis. The families Leucothoidae (which continues to comprise Leucothoe and similar genera) and Anamixidae are, however, maintained separately by redefining Anamixidae on the basis of reductions in coxa 1 and the mandibular palp, and de-emphasizing the formerly important overall reductions in mandibles and maxillae of adult male Anamixis.
DOI
10.2307/1547860
Volume
3
Issue
1
First Page
154
Last Page
158
Additional Comments
NSF grant #: DEB-81-21128
NSUWorks Citation
James Darwin Thomas and J. L. Barnard. 1983. Transformation of the Leucothoides Morph to the Anamixis Morph (Amphipoda) .Journal of Crustacean Biology , (1) : 154 -158. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_facarticles/618.
Comments
©1983 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands