New Species and Host Associations of Commensal Leucothoid Amphipods from Coral Reefs in Florida and Belize (Crustacea:Amphipoda)
New Species and Host Associations of Commensal Leucothoid Amphipods from Coral Reefs in Florida and Belize (Crustacea:Amphipoda)
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佛罗里达和伯利兹珊瑚礁共生类片足类新物种和寄主群落（甲壳纲：片足类）
DOI：
10.11646/zootaxa.1494.1.1
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发表时间：
2007
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0.9
通讯作者：
Kristine N. Klebba
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作者：
J. Thomas;Kristine N. Klebba
本文描述了产于热带西大西洋的端足类新种--白壳类（Leucothoe）。广泛的实地收集和专门的水下收集技术已经记录了43个新的无脊椎动物的主机记录，这些新的类群。其中四个新种栖息在海绵的内部管道中; Leucothoe barana n.sp.，加里富白壳藻新种，亮壳萨龙n.sp.，和Leucothoe ubouhu n.sp.。一个值得注意的新种，Leucothoe flammosa n.sp.，栖息在七种双壳类软体动物的鳃里。一种新种，白腹蛛Leucothoe wuriti n.sp.，似乎仅限于两种独居海鞘的鳃室。详细的插图和扫描电子显微镜可以比较超微结构的细节。更精确的分类特征形态，从而允许提高分类精度的家庭Leucothoidae。
Six new amphipod species in the genus Leucothoe from the tropical western Atlantic Ocean are described and illustrated. Extensive field collecting and specialized underwater collecting techniques have documented 43 new invertebrate host records for these new taxa. Four of these new species inhabit interior canals of sponges; Leucothoe barana n.sp., Leucothoe garifunae n.sp., Leucothoe saron n.sp., and Leucothoe ubouhu n.sp. A remarkable new species, Leucothoe flammosa n.sp., nestles in the gills of seven species of bivalve mollusks. A single species, Leucothoe wuriti n.sp., appears restricted to the branchial chamber of two species of solitary ascidians. Detailed illustrations and scanning electron microscopy enables comparison of ultrastructure details. More precise taxonomic character morphologies are also presented thus allowing improved taxonomic precision within the family Leucothoidae.