Paranamixis kanu Thomas, 1997 Paranamixis kanu Thomas, 1997: 87–89, fig. 25. Type locality and specimens. Mizegwadan (Tripod) Reef, Tab Anchorage, Madang, Papua New Guinea. Holotype, anamorph male, 3.77 mm, USNM 243345; paratypes, anamorph male, 3.70 mm, USNM 243346, unmeasured anamorph males, USNM 243347, USNM 243348, USNM 243349. Material examined. No material available for examination. Diagnosis based on description by Thomas (1997). Diagnosis. Distal head margin excavate. Maxilliped inner plates cleft. Coxae 2–4 with submarginal setae. Gnathopod 2 propodus hindmargin with serrate subdistal process and two small projections; dactylus inner margin tuberculate. Thomas [1997] reported some specimens with a vestigial gnathopod 1, suggesting that this character is developmental. This species should likely be placed in the genus Anamixis. Leucomorph (juvenile/sexually dimorphic characters). Unknown. Habitat. Among coral rubble; 3–4 m. Host. Unknown. Distribution. South Pacific Ocean: Papua New Guinea, northern Queensland, Australia (Thomas 1997).

Published as part of White, Kristine N., 2011, A taxonomic review of the Leucothoidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) 3078, pp. 1-113 in Zootaxa 3078 (1) on page 29, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3078.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5243821