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Leucothoe Leach, 1814

Leucothoe sp. (Amphipoda)
Leucothoe sp. (Amphipoda)

101580  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101580)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Malacostraca (Class)
  7. Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
  8. Peracarida (Superorder)
  9. Amphipoda (Order)
  10. Amphilochidea (Suborder)
  11. Amphilochida (Infraorder)
  12. Amphilochidira (Parvorder)
  13. Leucothoidea (Superfamily)
  14. Leucothoidae (Family)
  15. Leucothoe (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Leucothopsis Ledoyer, 1972 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Lycesta Savigny, 1816 · unaccepted > superseded combination

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  1. Species Leucothoe acanthopus Schellenberg, 1928
  2. Species Leucothoe acutilobata Ledoyer, 1978
  3. Species Leucothoe adelphe White & Thomas, 2009
  4. Species Leucothoe affinis Stimpson, 1855
  5. Species Leucothoe agripeta Hauke, Peart & Ryan, 2020
  6. Species Leucothoe akaisen White & Reimer, 2012
  7. Species Leucothoe akaoni White & Reimer, 2012
  8. Species Leucothoe akuma White & Reimer, 2012
  9. Species Leucothoe alani White & Krapp-Schickel, 2017
  10. Species Leucothoe alata J.L. Barnard in J.L. Barnard & Reish,1959
  11. Species Leucothoe alcyone Imbach, 1967
  12. Species Leucothoe amamiensis White & Reimer, 2012
  13. Species Leucothoe angraensis Senna, Andrade, Ramos & Skinner, 2021
  14. Species Leucothoe angusticoxa (Ledoyer, 1972)
  15. Species Leucothoe antarctica Pfeffer, 1888
  16. Species Leucothoe articulosa (Montagu, 1804)
  17. Species Leucothoe ashleyae Thomas & Klebba, 2006
  18. Species Leucothoe assimilis J.L. Barnard, 1974
  19. Species Leucothoe atosi Bellan-Santini, 2007
  20. Species Leucothoe ayrtonia Bellan-Santini, 1997
  21. Species Leucothoe bannwarthi (Schellenberg, 1928)
  22. Species Leucothoe barana Thomas & Klebba, 2007
  23. Species Leucothoe basilobata Serejo, 1998
  24. Species Leucothoe batillum White & Machida, 2018
  25. Species Leucothoe beobeldabensis Myers, 2013
  26. Species Leucothoe bidens Hirayama, 1985
  27. Species Leucothoe bise White & Reimer, 2012
  28. Species Leucothoe boolpooli J.L. Barnard, 1974
  29. Species Leucothoe bova White & Thomas, 2009
  30. Species Leucothoe brunonis Krapp-Schickel & Menioui, 2005
  31. Species Leucothoe campbelli Krapp-Schickel & De Broyer, 2014
  32. Species Leucothoe campi Mateus & Mateus, 1986
  33. Species Leucothoe cathalaa Frutos & Sorbe, 2012
  34. Species Leucothoe cheiriserra Serejo, 1998
  35. Species Leucothoe chiisainame White & Reimer, 2012
  36. Species Leucothoe coelocarteriensis Myers & George, 2017
  37. Species Leucothoe commensalis Haswell, 1879
  38. Species Leucothoe coscinoderma Myers & George, 2017
  39. Species Leucothoe cracentis White & Machida, 2018
  40. Species Leucothoe crassimana Kossmann, 1880
  41. Species Leucothoe crenatipalma Ledoyer, 1972
  42. Species Leucothoe ctenochasma Moore, 1987
  43. Species Leucothoe ctenochir K.H. Barnard, 1925
  44. Species Leucothoe daisukei White & Reimer, 2012
  45. Species Leucothoe darthvaderi Cummings, White & Thomas, 2023
  46. Species Leucothoe dentata Ledoyer, 1973
  47. Species Leucothoe denticulata A. Costa in Hope, 1851
  48. Species Leucothoe diemenensis Haswell, 1879
  49. Species Leucothoe dolichoceras K.H. Barnard, 1916
  50. Species Leucothoe elegans White & Reimer, 2012
  51. Species Leucothoe eltoni Thomas, 2015
  52. Species Leucothoe enko White & Reimer, 2012
  53. Species Leucothoe epidemos White & Thomas, 2009
  54. Species Leucothoe eumilli White & Thomas, 2009
  55. Species Leucothoe euryonyx Walker, 1901
  56. Species Leucothoe flammosa Thomas & Klebba, 2007
  57. Species Leucothoe furina (Savigny, 1816)
  58. Species Leucothoe garifunae Thomas & Klebba, 2007
  59. Species Leucothoe gavialis Myers, 1985
  60. Species Leucothoe germanalcyone Hirayama, 1992
  61. Species Leucothoe goowera J.L. Barnard, 1974
  62. Species Leucothoe gracilis Haswell, 1879
  63. Species Leucothoe grandimana Stimpson, 1853
  64. Species Leucothoe hainanensis Ren, 2012
  65. Species Leucothoe hashi White & Reimer, 2012
  66. Species Leucothoe hendrickxi Winfield & Alvarez, 2009
  67. Species Leucothoe hipposideros White & Thomas, 2009
  68. Species Leucothoe hortapugai Winfield, Ortiz & Chazaro-Olvera, 2009
  69. Species Leucothoe hyhelia J.L. Barnard, 1965
  70. Species Leucothoe incisa Robertson, 1892
  71. Species Leucothoe ircinia Myers & George, 2017
  72. Species Leucothoe jimi Thacker, Myers & Trivedi, 2023
  73. Species Leucothoe kawesqari Esquete & Aldea, 2015
  74. Species Leucothoe kebukai White & Reimer, 2012
  75. Species Leucothoe kensleyi Thomas & Klebba, 2005
  76. Species Leucothoe laevipalma White & Thomas, 2009
  77. Species Leucothoe laticoxa Ledoyer, 1978
  78. Species Leucothoe laurensi Thomas & Ortiz, 1995
  79. Species Leucothoe lecroyae White & Reimer, 2012
  80. Species Leucothoe leptosa Serejo, 1998
  81. Species Leucothoe lihue J.L. Barnard, 1970
  82. Species Leucothoe lilljeborgi Boeck, 1861
  83. Species Leucothoe longimembris Krapp-Schickel & De Broyer, 2014
  84. Species Leucothoe luquei Ortiz & Winfield, 2012
  85. Species Leucothoe machidai White, 2019
  86. Species Leucothoe macquariae Krapp-Schickel & De Broyer, 2014
  87. Species Leucothoe macrodonta Ledoyer, 1986
  88. Species Leucothoe madrasana Sivaprakasam, 1969
  89. Species Leucothoe makrommatos White & Thomas, 2009
  90. Species Leucothoe merletta Krapp-Schickel & De Broyer, 2014
  91. Species Leucothoe micronesiae J.L. Barnard, 1965
  92. Species Leucothoe miersi Stebbing, 1888
  93. Species Leucothoe minima Schellenberg, 1925
  94. Species Leucothoe minoculis White & Krapp-Schickel, 2017
  95. Species Leucothoe minuscula Schellenberg, 1938
  96. Species Leucothoe mucifibrosa Cummings, White & Thomas, 2023
  97. Species Leucothoe nagatai Ishimaru, 1985
  98. Species Leucothoe nagatekubi White & Reimer, 2012
  99. Species Leucothoe nathani White & Reimer, 2012
  100. Species Leucothoe neptunea Moore, 1987
  101. Species Leucothoe nurunuru White & Reimer, 2012
  102. Species Leucothoe oboa Karaman, 1971
  103. Species Leucothoe obuchii White & Reimer, 2012
  104. Species Leucothoe occidentalis Reid, 1951
  105. Species Leucothoe occulta Krapp-Schickel, 1975
  106. Species Leucothoe odontiskos White & Thomas, 2009
  107. Species Leucothoe orkneyi Holman & Watling, 1983
  108. Species Leucothoe ortizi Winfield & Alvarez, 2009
  109. Species Leucothoe ouraensis White & Reimer, 2012
  110. Species Leucothoe oxumae Alves, Neves & Johnsson, 2020
  111. Species Leucothoe pachycera Della Valle, 1893
  112. Species Leucothoe pacifica Nagata, 1963
  113. Species Leucothoe panjang White & Thomas, 2022
  114. Species Leucothoe panpulco J.L. Barnard, 1961
  115. Species Leucothoe pansa White & Krapp-Schickel, 2017
  116. Species Leucothoe pollexa White & Thomas, 2009
  117. Species Leucothoe predenticulata Ledoyer, 1978
  118. Species Leucothoe procera Spence Bate, 1857
  119. Species Leucothoe pseudepidemos Myers, 2013
  120. Species Leucothoe reimeri White & Krapp-Schickel, 2017
  121. Species Leucothoe richiardii Lessona, 1865
  122. Species Leucothoe rostrata Chevreux, 1908
  123. Species Leucothoe rudicula White & Thomas, 2009
  124. Species Leucothoe safiae Lyons & Myers, 1991
  125. Species Leucothoe saron Thomas & Klebba, 2007
  126. Species Leucothoe serrata White & Thomas, 2009
  127. Species Leucothoe serraticarpa Della Valle, 1893
  128. Species Leucothoe serratissima Myers, 2013
  129. Species Leucothoe sparsa White & Thomas, 2009
  130. Species Leucothoe spinicarpa (Abildgaard, 1789)
  131. Species Leucothoe spinulosa Chevreux, 1919
  132. Species Leucothoe squalidens Ledoyer, 1984
  133. Species Leucothoe stegoceras Walker, 1904
  134. Species Leucothoe stylifera Stimpson, 1856
  135. Species Leucothoe tarte J.L. Barnard, 1974
  136. Species Leucothoe thula White & Thomas, 2009
  137. Species Leucothoe togatta White & Reimer, 2012
  138. Species Leucothoe tolkieni G. Vinogradov, 1990
  139. Species Leucothoe toribe White & Reimer, 2012
  140. Species Leucothoe trailli Thomson, 1882
  141. Species Leucothoe tridens Stebbing, 1888
  142. Species Leucothoe trulla White & Reimer, 2012
  143. Species Leucothoe tumida Myers, 2013
  144. Species Leucothoe tumultus Hauke, Peart & Ryan, 2020
  145. Species Leucothoe tunica White, 2019
  146. Species Leucothoe ubouhu Thomas & Klebba, 2007
  147. Species Leucothoe undulata White & Thomas, 2009
  148. Species Leucothoe urospinosa Serejo, 1998
  149. Species Leucothoe uschakovi Gurjanova, 1951
  150. Species Leucothoe vaderotti Krapp-Schickel, 2018
  151. Species Leucothoe venetiarum Giordani Soika, 1950
  152. Species Leucothoe vermicola Kodama, White, Hosoki & Yoshida, 2022
  153. Species Leucothoe vulgaris White & Reimer, 2012
  154. Species Leucothoe weddellensis Krapp-Schickel & De Broyer, 2014
  155. Species Leucothoe wheromura White & Thomas, 2022
  156. Species Leucothoe whiteae Myers, 2013
  157. Species Leucothoe wuriti Thomas & Klebba, 2007
  158. Species Leucothoe zanpa White & Reimer, 2012
  159. Species Leucothoe brevidigitata Miers, 1884 accepted as Paraleucothoe novaehollandiae (Haswell, 1879) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  160. Species Leucothoe clypeata Krøyer, 1842 accepted as Montagua clypeata (Krøyer, 1842) accepted as Metopa clypeata (Krøyer, 1842), non Stimpson, 1853 (New combination)
  161. Species Leucothoe denticulata Mateus & Mateus, 1966 accepted as Leucothoe campi Mateus & Mateus, 1986 (unaccepted > junior homonym, of Leucothoe denticulata Costa, 1851)
  162. Species Leucothoe dentitelson Chevreux, 1925 accepted as Leucothoe euryonyx Walker, 1901 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  163. Species Leucothoe flindersi Stebbing, 1888 accepted as Paraleucothoe flindersi (Stebbing, 1888)
  164. Species Leucothoe glacialis Krøyer, 1842 accepted as Metopa glacialis (Krøyer, 1842) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  165. Species Leucothoe hornelli Walker, 1904 accepted as Leucothoe furina (Savigny, 1816)
  166. Species Leucothoe imparicornis Norman, 1889 accepted as Leucothoe lilljeborgi Boeck, 1861 (junior subjective synonym)
  167. Species Leucothoe mateusae Barnard & Karaman, 1991 accepted as Leucothoe campi Mateus & Mateus, 1986 (nomen novum for homonym L. denticulata Costa, 1851, already replaced by Mateus & Mateus, 1986)
  168. Species Leucothoe norvegica Liljeborg, 1851 accepted as Metopa norvegica (Liljeborg, 1851) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  169. Species Leucothoe nova-hollandiae Haswell, 1879 accepted as Paraleucothoe novaehollandiae (Haswell, 1879) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  170. Species Leucothoe phyllonyx M. Sars, 1858 accepted as Arrhis phyllonyx (M. Sars, 1858) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  171. Species Leucothoe quadrimana Ruffo, 1946 accepted as Leucothoe euryonyx Walker, 1901 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  172. Species Leucothoe richiardii Lincoln, 1979 accepted as Leucothoe procera Spence Bate, 1857
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Leach, W.E. (1813-1815). Crustaceology. <em>In: Brewster, D. (ed.), The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Balfour, Edinburgh, vol. 7(1): 383–384 [1813], 7(2): 385–437, 765–766 [1814], 9(1): pl. CCXXI [1815].</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37187640
page(s): 403 [details] OpenAccess publication
Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Copilas-Ciocianu, D.; Corbari, L.; Costello, M.J.; Daneliya, M.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Fišer, C.; Gasca, R.; Grabowski, M.; Guerra-García, J.M.; Hendrycks, E.; Hughes, L.; Jaume, D.; Jazdzewski, K.; Kim, Y.-H.; King, R.; Krapp-Schickel, T.; LeCroy, S.; Lörz, A.-N.; Mamos, T.; Senna, A.R.; Serejo, C.; Souza-Filho, J.F.; Tandberg, A.H.; Thomas, J.D.; Thurston, M.; Vader, W.; Väinölä, R.; Valls Domedel, G.; Vonk, R.; White, K.; Zeidler, W. (2025). World Amphipoda Database. Leucothoe Leach, 1814. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101580 on 2025-04-02
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Bellan-Santini, Denise
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Costello, Mark J.
2018-09-19 08:52:19Z
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Horton, Tammy
2021-09-08 06:50:50Z
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Horton, Tammy

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Nomenclature

original description Leach, W.E. (1813-1815). Crustaceology. <em>In: Brewster, D. (ed.), The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Balfour, Edinburgh, vol. 7(1): 383–384 [1813], 7(2): 385–437, 765–766 [1814], 9(1): pl. CCXXI [1815].</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37187640
page(s): 403 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Leucothoella Schellenberg, 1928) Schellenberg, A. (1928). Report on Amphipoda. Zoological results of the Cambridge Expedition to the Suez Canal. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 22: 633-692. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Leucothopsis Ledoyer, 1972) Ledoyer, M. (1972). Amphipodes Gammariens vivant dans les alvéoles des constructions organogènes récifales intertidales de la région de Tuléar (Madagascar). Etude systématique et écologique. <em>Tethys, Suppl.</em> 3 (2): 165-286. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Lycesta Savigny, 1816) Savigny, J.C. (1816). Mémoires sur les Animaux sans Vertèbres. Vol. 1(1): v+240 pp., pls. I-XXIV. Paris: Chez Deterville., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42163144 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Bellan-Santini, D.; Costello, M.J. (2001). Amphipoda. <em>in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification.</em> Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 295-308. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Identification resource

identification resource White, K.N. (2011). A taxonomic review of the Leucothoidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda).Zootaxa 3078: 1–113., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/z03078p113f.pdf [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

identification resource White, K.N.; Thomas, J.D. (2009). Leucothoidae. In: Lowry, J.K. & Myers, A.A. (Eds) (2009) Benthic Amphipoda (Crustacea: Peracarida) of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2260: 1-930., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/zt02260p555.pdf [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] 

additional source Lincoln, R. J. (1979). British marine Amphipoda: Gammaridea. <em>British Museum (Natural History).</em> 658 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
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Japanese マルハサミヨコエビ属  [details]
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leucothoe) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leucothoe) 
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To Genbank 
To NMNH Extant Collection (PIC_rah02087) 
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 061158) 
To ITIS
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Leucothoe sp. (Amphipoda)
Leucothoe sp. (Amphipoda)
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To NMNH Extant Collection (PIC_rah02087)
To NMNH Extant Collection (PIC_rah02087)
Hosted externally
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 061158)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 061158)
Hosted externally

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