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

Leptanthuridae Poore, 2001

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Bullowanthura Poore, 1978
Calathura Norman & Stebbing, 1886
Curassanthura Kensley, 1981
Leptanthura G. O. Sars, 1897

Literature

original description	Poore, G. C. B. (2001). Families and genera of Isopoda Anthuridea. In: Kensley, B.; Brusca, R. C. Isopod Systematics and Evolution. Crustacean Issues. 13: 63-173. Balkema: Rotterdam.
basis of record	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].
additional source	Brandt, A.; Poore, G. C. B. (2003). Higher classification of the flabelliferan and related Isopoda based on a reappraisal of relationships. Invertebrate Systematics. 17: 893-923.
additional source	Poore, G. C. B. (2001) In: Kensley, B. & R. C. Brusca, (eds.) Families and genera of Isopoda Anthuridea Isopod Systematics and Evolution). Crustacean Issues 13, pp 63-173. Rotterdam/Brookfield: Balkema. 357 pages.
additional source	Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA). 124 pp.

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. Leptanthuridae Poore, 2001. 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:148628