Leptanthura

Genus of crustaceans

Leptanthura
Leptanthura hendili
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Leptanthuridae
Genus: Leptanthura
G. O. Sars, 1897
Type species
Paranthura tenuis
G. O. Sars, 1873

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

  1. ^ a b c "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species: Leptanthura". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Leptanthura G.O.Sars, 1897". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-11-18.

External

Scholia has a profile for Leptanthura (Q4357283).
  • Leptanthura: Images & occurrence data from GBIF
Taxon identifiers
Leptanthura


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