''Leptanthura'' is a genus of
isopod
Isopoda is an order of crustaceans that includes woodlice and their relatives. Isopods live in the sea, in fresh water, or on land. All have rigid, segmented exoskeletons, two pairs of antennae, seven pairs of jointed limbs on the thorax, an ...
crustacean
Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphipods and mantis shrimp. The crustacean gro ...
s in the family
Leptanthuridae
The Leptanthuridae are a family of isopod crustacean
Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, co ...
.
It was first described in 1897 by
Georg Ossian Sars
Prof Georg Ossian Sars HFRSE (20 April 1837 – 9 April 1927) was a Norwegian marine and freshwater biologist.
Life
Georg Ossian Sars was born on 20 April 1837 in Kinn, Norway (now part of Flora), the son of Pastor Michael Sars and Maren ...
and the type species is ''Paranthura tenuis''.
It is found in coastal waters throughout the world,
and contains the following species:
* ''
Leptanthura affinis''
* ''
Leptanthura agulhasensis''
* ''
Leptanthura antarctica''
* ''
Leptanthura apalpata''
* ''
Leptanthura argentinae''
* ''
Leptanthura baliensis''
* ''
Leptanthura boweni''
* ''
Leptanthura calcis''
* ''
Leptanthura chardyi''
* ''
Leptanthura chiltoni''
* ''
Leptanthura communis''
* ''
Leptanthura coralliophila''
* ''
Leptanthura diemenensis''
* ''
Leptanthura elegans''
* ''
Leptanthura exilis''
* ''
Leptanthura flindersi''
* ''
Leptanthura geocostarioi''
* ''
Leptanthura glacialis''
* ''
Leptanthura guianae''
* ''
Leptanthura hendili''
* ''
Leptanthura kapala''
* ''
Leptanthura laevigata''
* ''
Leptanthura maheensis''
* ''
Leptanthura melanomma''
* ''
Leptanthura micrura''
* ''
Leptanthura minuta''
* ''
Leptanthura monnioti''
* ''
Leptanthura muelleri''
* ''
Leptanthura murrayi''
* ''
Leptanthura natalensis''
* ''
Leptanthura nunana''
* ''
Leptanthura orientalis''
* ''
Leptanthura profundicola''
* ''
Leptanthura sculpta''
* ''
Leptanthura segonzaci''
* ''
Leptanthura tenuis''
* ''
Leptanthura thalassae''
* ''
Leptanthura thori''
* ''
Leptanthura truncata''
* ''
Leptanthura truncatitelson''
* ''
Leptanthura urospinosa''
* ''
Leptanthura victori''
* ''
Leptanthura vitilevui''
References
External Leptanthura: Images & occurrence data
from
GBIF
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Cymothoida
Taxa named by Georg Ossian Sars
Crustaceans described in 1897
Isopod genera
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