North Sea Benthos Project (NSBP)

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Leucothoidae Dana, 1852

AphiaID

101393 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101393)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Leucothoidea Dana, 1852

Synonymised names

Anamixidae Stebbing, 1897 · unaccepted (merged with Leucothoidae)

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Genus Anamixis Stebbing, 1897
Genus Leucothoe Leach, 1814
Genus Nepanamixis Thomas, 1997
Genus Paraleucothoe Stebbing, 1899
Genus Paranamixis Schellenberg, 1938
Genus Cuvieria Leach, 1814 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Genus Leucothoella Schellenberg, 1928 accepted as Leucothoe Leach, 1814
Genus Leucothoides Shoemaker, 1933 accepted as Anamixis Stebbing, 1897 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Genus Leucothopsis Ledoyer, 1972 accepted as Leucothoe Leach, 1814 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Genus Lycesta Savigny, 1816 accepted as Leucothoe Leach, 1814 (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

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. Leucothoidae Dana, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101393 on 2025-04-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Bellan-Santini, Denise

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

checked

Costello, Mark J.

2005-05-02 07:36:34Z

changed

Cuvelier, Daphne

2007-01-29 08:28:04Z

changed

De Broyer, Claude

2007-02-08 07:55:58Z

changed

De Broyer, Claude

2013-03-05 18:57:09Z

changed

Horton, Tammy

2018-01-23 12:33:30Z

changed

Horton, Tammy

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Nomenclature

original description (of Anamixidae Stebbing, 1897) Stebbing, T. R. R. (1897). Amphipoda from the Copenhagen Museum and other sources. The Transactions of the Linnean. Society of London: Zoology, (ser. 2(7): 25-45. [details]

basis of record Bellan-Santini, D.; Costello, M.J. (2001). Amphipoda. 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. Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 295-308. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Identification resource

identification resource Thomas J.D. (1997). Systematics, Ecology and Phylogeny of the Anamixidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda). Records of the Australian Museum., 49, 1, pp. 35-98;26 figs., available online at http://www.australianmuseum.net.au/Uploads/Journals/17837/298_complete.pdf [details] Available for editors

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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

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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. Zootaxa. 2260: 1-930., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/zt02260p555.pdf [details] Available for editors

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Other

additional source Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA). 124 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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additional source Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. 463 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source De Broyer, C.; Lowry, J.K.; Jazdzewski, K. & Robert, H. (2007). Catalogue of the Gammaridean and Corophiidean Amphipoda (Crustacea) of the Southern Ocean, with distribution and ecological data. In: De Broyer C. (ed.). Census of Antarctic Marine Life: Synopsis of the Amphipoda of the Southern Ocean. Vol. I. Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Biologie. 77, suppl. 1: 1-325. [details]