| Anuropus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Superorder: | Peracarida |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Family: | Anuropidae Stebbing, 1893 [1] |
| Genus: | Anuropus Beddard, 1886 [2] |
| Type species | |
| Anuropus branchiatus Beddard, 1886 | |
Anuropus is a genus of isopods in the suborder Cymothoida. As of 2021 [update] , it is the only genus in the family Anuropidae. [1]
The genus Anuropus was first circumscribed by the English zoologist Frank Evers Beddard in 1886. His new genus coincided with his description of the type species, A. branchiatus . [3] [2] Beddard placed Anuropus in the family Cymothoidae, but in 1893, Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing wrote it "may have greater claims to be the type of a distinct family, Anuropidæ". [4] In 1903, Hans Jacob Hansen thought Anuropus might possibly belong to the subfamily Cirolaninae or perhaps a new subfamily Anuropinae. [5]
As of 2021 [update] , World Register of Marine Species recognizes the following ten species in this genus: [6]
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