Deep-Sea taxon details
Anthuridae Leach, 1814
118244 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118244)
accepted
Family
Anthura Leach, 1814 (type by original designation)
- Genus Anthura Leach, 1814
- Genus Apanthura Stebbing, 1900
- Genus Apanthuroides Menzies & Glynn, 1968
- Genus Cetanthura Kensley, 1982
- Genus Cyathura Norman & Stebbing, 1886
- Genus Haliophasma Haswell, 1881
- Genus Malacanthura Barnard, 1925
- Genus Pilosanthura Wägele, 1989
- Genus Quantanthura Menzies & George, 1972
- Genus Natalanthura Kensley, 1978 accepted as Apanthuroides Menzies & Glynn, 1968 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Leach, W.E. (1813 - 1815). Crustaceology. <em>In: Brewster, D. (ed.), The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Balfour, Edinburgh, vol. 7(1): 383–384 [1813], 7(2): 385–437, 765–766 [1814], 9(1): pl. CCXXI [1815].</em> :383-437., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37187640
page(s): 433 [details]
page(s): 433 [details]
Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Campos-Filho, I.S.; Hadfield, K.A.; Hughes, T.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2026). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Anthuridae Leach, 1814. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118244 on 2026-10-13
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Anthuridae Leach, 1814. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118244 on 2026-10-13
Date
action
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original description
Leach, W.E. (1813 - 1815). Crustaceology. <em>In: Brewster, D. (ed.), The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Balfour, Edinburgh, vol. 7(1): 383–384 [1813], 7(2): 385–437, 765–766 [1814], 9(1): pl. CCXXI [1815].</em> :383-437., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37187640
page(s): 433 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Isopoda - excluding Epicaridea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 315-321 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brandt, A.; Poore, G. C. B. (2003). Higher classification of the flabelliferan and related Isopoda based on a reappraisal of relationships. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 17: 893-923., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/is02032 [details] Available for editors
additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. <em>Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA).</em> 124 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Poore, G.C.B. (2001). Families and genera of Isopoda Anthuridea <i>In</i>: Kensley, B. & Brusca, R.C. (eds) Isopod systematics and evolution. <em>Crustacean Issues.</em> 13: 63-173. [details]
additional source Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley & S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA - no longer online. [website archived on 2018-01-25]. [details]
identification resource Chew, M.; bin Abdul Rahim, A.A.; bin Haji Ross, O. (2014). Tinggianthura alba: A New Genus and Species of Anthuridae (Isopoda, Cymothoida, Anthuroidea) from Pulau Tinggi, Johor, Malaysia with an Updated Key to the Genera of Anthuridae. <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 9(6): e99072., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0099072
note: key to genera [details] Available for editors
identification resource Poore, G.C.B.; Bruce, N.L. (2026). Chapter 5: Suborder Cymothoida. <i>In</i>: Poore, G.C.B. (ed.) Marine Crustacea Isopoda: guide to families and genera of the world. <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria.</em> 86: 135-228., available online at https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.2026.86.05
note: diagnoses and key to genera [details]
page(s): 433 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Isopoda - excluding Epicaridea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 315-321 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brandt, A.; Poore, G. C. B. (2003). Higher classification of the flabelliferan and related Isopoda based on a reappraisal of relationships. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 17: 893-923., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/is02032 [details] Available for editors
additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. <em>Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA).</em> 124 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Poore, G.C.B. (2001). Families and genera of Isopoda Anthuridea <i>In</i>: Kensley, B. & Brusca, R.C. (eds) Isopod systematics and evolution. <em>Crustacean Issues.</em> 13: 63-173. [details]
additional source Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley & S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA - no longer online. [website archived on 2018-01-25]. [details]
identification resource Chew, M.; bin Abdul Rahim, A.A.; bin Haji Ross, O. (2014). Tinggianthura alba: A New Genus and Species of Anthuridae (Isopoda, Cymothoida, Anthuroidea) from Pulau Tinggi, Johor, Malaysia with an Updated Key to the Genera of Anthuridae. <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 9(6): e99072., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0099072
note: key to genera [details] Available for editors
identification resource Poore, G.C.B.; Bruce, N.L. (2026). Chapter 5: Suborder Cymothoida. <i>In</i>: Poore, G.C.B. (ed.) Marine Crustacea Isopoda: guide to families and genera of the world. <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria.</em> 86: 135-228., available online at https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.2026.86.05
note: diagnoses and key to genera [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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| Japanese | スナウミナナフシ科 | [details] |
