Leptanthura

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Peracarida
Ordo: Isopoda
Cladus: Scutocoxifera
Subordo: Cymothoida
Superfamilia: Anthuroidea

Familia: Leptanthuridae
Genus: Leptanthura
Species: L. affinis – L. agulhasensis – L. antarctica – L. apalpata – L. argentinae – L. baliensis – L. boweni – L. calcis – L. chardyi – L. chiltoni – L. coralliophila – L. diemenensis – L. elegans – L. exilis – L. flindersi – L. geocostarioi – L. glacialis – L. guianae – L. hendili – L. kapala – L. laevigata – L. maheensis – L. micrura – L. minuta – L. monnioti – L. muelleri – L. murrayi – L. natalensis – L. nunana – L. orientalis – L. profundicola – L. sculpta – L. segonzaci – L. tenuis – L. thalassae – L. thori – L. truncata – L. truncatitelson – L. urospinosa – L. victori – L. vitilevui

Leptanthura is a genus of isopod crustaceans in the family Leptanthuridae.[1] It was first described in 1897 by Georg Ossian Sars and the type species is Paranthura tenuis.[1][2] It is found in coastal waters throughout the world,[3] and contains the following species:[1]

Leptanthura affinis (Bonnier, 1896)
Leptanthura agulhasensis Kensley, 1975
Leptanthura antarctica Kussakin, 1967
Leptanthura apalpata Wägele, 1981
Leptanthura argentinae Kensley, 1982
Leptanthura baliensis Negoescu, 1992
Leptanthura boweni Poore, 1981
Leptanthura calcis Kensley & Schotte, 2000
Leptanthura chardyi Negoescu, 1992
Leptanthura chiltoni (Beddard, 1886)
Leptanthura communis Negoescu, 2007
Leptanthura coralliophila Müller, 1992
Leptanthura diemenensis (Haswell, 1885)
Leptanthura elegans Birstein, 1963
Leptanthura exilis Wägele, 1985
Leptanthura flindersi Poore, 1981
Leptanthura geocostarioi Negoescu, 1991
Leptanthura glacialis Hodgson, 1910
Leptanthura guianae Kensley, 1982
Leptanthura hendili Wolff, 1956
Leptanthura kapala Poore, 1978
Leptanthura laevigata (Stimpson, 1855)
Leptanthura maheensis Kensley & Schotte, 2000
Leptanthura melanomma Vanhoeffen, 1914
Leptanthura micrura Kensley, 1982
Leptanthura minuta Kensley, 1978
Leptanthura monnioti Negoescu, 1994
Leptanthura muelleri Negoescu, 1980
Leptanthura murrayi Poore, 1981
Leptanthura natalensis Kensley, 1978
Leptanthura nunana Poore, 1978
Leptanthura orientalis Barnard, 1925
Leptanthura profundicola Wägele, 1985
Leptanthura sculpta Pasternak, 1982
Leptanthura segonzaci Negoescu, 1994
Leptanthura tenuis (G. O. Sars, 1873)
Leptanthura thalassae Negoescu, 1980
Leptanthura thori Barnard, 1925
Leptanthura truncata Richardson, 1911
Leptanthura truncatitelson Wägele, 1985
Leptanthura urospinosa Kensley, 1975
Leptanthura victori Negoescu, 1985
Leptanthura vitilevui Negoescu, 1999

References

"WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species: Leptanthura". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
Georg Ossian Sars (1899). "Isopoda". An account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. 2: 1-102 [47]. Wikidata Q109645888.
"Leptanthura G.O.Sars, 1897". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-11-18.