Leucothoidae

Leucothoidae
	Leucothoe incisa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Amphipoda
Suborder:	Gammaridea
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]

References

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

[Lowry-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.