Leucothoidae

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

Leucothoidae
Leucothoe incisa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Amphipoda
Parvorder: Amphilochidira
Superfamily: Leucothoidea
Family: Leucothoidae
Dana, 1852 [1]
Synonyms [2]

Anamixidae Stebbing, 1897

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
  1. "Leucothoidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. 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.
  3. Kristine N. White & James Darwin Thomas (2009). "Leucothoidae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2260: 494–555.
  4. 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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