Keywords: leucothoe toribe, leucothoe ouraensis, leucothoidae, leucothoe hashi, leucothoe togatta, leucothoe bise, leucothoe daisukei, japan, new species, leucothoe akaoni, ryukyus, leucothoe zanpa, commensal, leucothoe nagatekubi, okinawa, leucothoe lecroyae, leucothoe nurunuru