Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-25-2015
Publication Title
ZooKeys
Keywords
Amphipods, Coral reefs, Ascidians, Sponges, Invasive species, Model organisms, Taxonomy
ISSN
1313-2989
Volume
518
First Page
51
Last Page
66
Abstract
A new species of leucothoid amphipod, Leucothoe eltoni sp. n., is described from coral reefs in Raja Ampat, Indonesia where it inhabits the branchial chambers of solitary tunicates. With an inflated first gnathopod superficially resembling the genus Paraleucothoe, this new species has a two-articulate maxilla 1 palp characteristic of the genus Leucothoe. While described from coral reef environments in tropical Indonesia and the Philippines, it is an established invasive species in the Hawaiian Islands. The most likely mode of introduction was a US Navy dry dock transported to Pearl Harbor in 1992 from Subic Bay, Philippines.
Additional Comments
NSF grant #: DEB 12576304
NSUWorks Citation
James Darwin Thomas. 2015. Leucothoe eltoni sp. n., a New Species of Commensal Leucothoid Amphipod from Coral Reefs in Raja Ampat, Indonesia (Crustacea, Amphipoda) .ZooKeys : 51 -66. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_facarticles/729.
DOI
10.3897/zookeys.518.9340
Comments
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