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Published: 2009-10-08
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Leucothoidae

Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, The University of Southern Mississippi, 703 East Beach Drive, Ocean Springs, MS 39564–7000, USA
Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center, 8000 North Ocean Drive, Dania Beach, FL 33004, USA
Crustacea Amphipoda Leucothoidae Great Barrier Reef Australia taxonomy new species Anamixis bazimut Leucothoe adelphe Leucothoe bova Leucothoe epidemos Leucothoe eumilli Leucothoe hipposideros Leucothoe laevipalma Leucothoe makrommatos

Abstract

Four genera and 17 species of leucothoids, the majority of these belonging to the genus Leucothoe, are herein reported from the Great Barrier Reef. Fifteen species are new to science and only Anamixis bazimut has been previously reported from the Great Barrier Reef.

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