Leptanthura

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Leptanthura
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Leptanthura hendili
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
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]


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References

  1. 1 2 3 "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species: Leptanthura". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
  2. ↑ Georg Ossian Sars (1899). "Isopoda". An account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. 2: 1-102 [47]. Wikidata   Q109645888.
  3. ↑ "Leptanthura G.O.Sars, 1897". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-11-18.

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