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Vol. 57, 2018
(update: 2018.08.30; 09.27)
Taiwanese Leucothoidae (Crustacea:
Amphipoda), Including Three New Species from Dongsha Atoll
Kristine
N. White1,* and Ryuji J. Machida2
1The
University of Tampa, Biology, 401 W. Kennedy Blvd., Tampa, FL 33606
U.S.A.
2Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, 128
Academia Road, Section 2, Nankang, Taipei 11529 Taiwan. E-mail:
ryujimachida@gmail.com
(Received 18 July 2018; Accepted 22 August
2018; Communicated by Benny K.K. Chan)
Kristine
N. White and Ryuji J. Machida (2018) Examination of leucothoid
amphipods from Penghu, Green Island, and Dongsha Atoll revealed 16
species not previously reported from Taiwan. Leucothoe batillum sp. nov., Leucothoe cracentis sp. nov., and Paranamixis lunata sp. nov. are
described from Dongsha Atoll. The ranges of 13 Leucothoe species are
expanded to include the South China and Philippine Seas, suggesting
genetic or geographic-driven connectivity between the South and East
China Seas and the Philippine Sea. Leucothoe
furina (Savigny, 1816), originally described from the
Mediterranean or Red Sea, is reported from Taiwan, which suggests the
occurrence of another cryptic species complex in the Leucothoidae.
Key words: Leucothoidae, New species, Taiwan,
Dongsha, Connectivity.
*Correspondence: E-mail: knwhite@ut.edu
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