Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Isopoda > Suborder Cymothoida > Superfamily Anthuroidea > Family Paranthuridae

Paranthura Bate & Westwood, 1866

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Paranthura costana Bate & Westwood, 1866
Paranthura nigropunctata (Lucas, 1846)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ウミナナフシ属

Literature

original description	Bate C. S. & J. O. Westwood. (1863-68). A History of the British Sessile-eyed Crustacea. Vol. 2. John Van Voorst, London, i-lvi + 536 pp.
basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Isopoda - excluding Epicaridea, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 315-321
additional source	Kensley, B. & M. Schotte (2000). New species and records of anthuridean crustaceans from the Indian Ocean. Journal of Natural History 34: 2057-2121.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
additional source	Shiraki, S.; Yoshida, R.; Kakui, K. (2024). Paranthura oriens sp. nov. (Isopoda: Anthuroidea: Paranthuridae) from Tateyama, Chiba, Japan. Plankton and Benthos Research. 19(4): 233-243.
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].

Genbank

Citation

Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Hadfield, K.A.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Paranthura Bate & Westwood, 1866. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118307