Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Peracarida
Ordo: Amphipoda
Subordo: Amphilochidea
Infraordo: Amphilochida
Parvordo: Amphilochidira
Superfamilia: Leucothoidea
Familia: Leucothoidae
Synonyms (1): Anamixidae
Genera (6): Anamixis – Leucothoe – ?Leucothoides – Nepanamixis – Paraleucothoe – Paranamixis
Name
Leucothoidae Dana, 1852
References
White, K.N. 2011: A taxonomic review of the Leucothoidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda). Zootaxa, 3078: 1–113. Preview
White, K.N. & Reimer, J.D. 2012. Commensal Leucothoidae (Crustacea, Amphipoda) of the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Part I: ascidian-dwellers. ZooKeys 163: 13–55. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.163.2003 Open access. Reference page.
Leucothoidae is a family of amphipods. It contains 138 species in 5 genera:[3]
Anamixis Stebbing, 1897 – 21 species
Leucothoe Leach, 1814 – 98 species
Nepanamixis Thomas, 1997 – 4 species
Paranamixis Schellenberg, 1938 – 13 species
Paraleucothoe Stebbing, 1899 – 2 species
Males undergo a profound transformation when they reach sexual maturity, turning from the "leucomorph" state to the "anamorph" state. Before this transformation was recognised in 1983,[4] females and immature males were described in the genus Leucothoides (Leucothoidae), and mature males were described in the genera Anamixis, Paranamixis and Nepanamixis (Anamixidae). The genus Leucothoides may still be used for leucomorphs of species whose anamorph has not yet been identified.[2]
References
"Leucothoidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
J. K. Lowry, P. B. Berents & R. T. Springthorpe (October 2, 2000). "Australian Amphipoda: Leucothoidae". Australian Museum. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
Kristine N. White & James Darwin Thomas (2009). "Leucothoidae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2260: 494–555.
James Darwin Thomas & J. Laurens Barnard (1983). "Transformation of the Leucothoides morph to the Anamixis morph (Amphipoda)". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 3 (1): 154–157. doi:10.2307/1547860. JSTOR 1547860.
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