| Leucothoidae | |
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| Leucothoe incisa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Amphipoda |
| Parvorder: | Amphilochidira |
| Superfamily: | Leucothoidea |
| Family: | Leucothoidae Dana, 1852 [1] |
| Synonyms [2] | |
Anamixidae Stebbing, 1897 | |
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]
