| Leptanthura | |
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| Leptanthura hendili | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Family: | Leptanthuridae |
| Genus: | Leptanthura G. O. Sars, 1897 |
| Type species | |
| Paranthura tenuis G. O. Sars, 1873 | |
Leptanthura is a genus of isopod crustaceans in the family Leptanthuridae. [1] It was first described in 1897 by Georg Ossian Sars and the type species is Paranthura tenuis. [1] [2] It is found in coastal waters throughout the world, [3] and contains the following species: [1]
- Leptanthura affinis (Bonnier, 1896)
- Leptanthura agulhasensis Kensley, 1975
- Leptanthura antarctica Kussakin, 1967
- Leptanthura apalpata Wägele, 1981
- Leptanthura argentinae Kensley, 1982
- Leptanthura baliensis Negoescu, 1992
- Leptanthura boweni Poore, 1981
- Leptanthura calcis Kensley & Schotte, 2000
- Leptanthura chardyi Negoescu, 1992
- Leptanthura chiltoni (Beddard, 1886)
- Leptanthura communis Negoescu, 2007
- Leptanthura coralliophila Müller, 1992
- Leptanthura diemenensis (Haswell, 1885)
- Leptanthura elegans Birstein, 1963
- Leptanthura exilis Wägele, 1985
- Leptanthura flindersi Poore, 1981
- Leptanthura geocostarioi Negoescu, 1991
- Leptanthura glacialis Hodgson, 1910
- Leptanthura guianae Kensley, 1982
- Leptanthura hendili Wolff, 1956
- Leptanthura kapala Poore, 1978
- Leptanthura laevigata (Stimpson, 1855)
- Leptanthura maheensis Kensley & Schotte, 2000
- Leptanthura melanomma Vanhoeffen, 1914
- Leptanthura micrura Kensley, 1982
- Leptanthura minuta Kensley, 1978
- Leptanthura monnioti Negoescu, 1994
- Leptanthura muelleri Negoescu, 1980
- Leptanthura murrayi Poore, 1981
- Leptanthura natalensis Kensley, 1978
- Leptanthura nunana Poore, 1978
- Leptanthura orientalis Barnard, 1925
- Leptanthura profundicola Wägele, 1985
- Leptanthura sculpta Pasternak, 1982
- Leptanthura segonzaci Negoescu, 1994
- Leptanthura tenuis (G. O. Sars, 1873)
- Leptanthura thalassae Negoescu, 1980
- Leptanthura thori Barnard, 1925
- Leptanthura truncata Richardson, 1911
- Leptanthura truncatitelson Wägele, 1985
- Leptanthura urospinosa Kensley, 1975
- Leptanthura victori Negoescu, 1985
- Leptanthura vitilevui Negoescu, 1999
