Anthuroidea: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Isopoda
Family
Genus
Species
Scientific Name
Anthuroidea

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Anthuroidea

Anthuroidea is a superfamily of isopod crustaceans, formerly treated as a suborder, Anthuridea. The group is characterised by "an elongate cylindrical body form, without dorsal coxal plates, and with a uropodal exopod attached to the peduncle proximally and dorsally". There are more than 500 described species in 57 genera, arranged across six families:

  • Antheluridae Poore & Lew Ton, 1988
  • Anthuridae Leach, 1814
  • Expanathuridae Poore, 2001
  • Hyssuridae Wägele, 1981
  • Leptanthuridae Poore, 2001
  • Paranthuridae Menzies & Glynn, 1968
...
 

Anthuroidea in languages:

English
Wormpods

Images from inaturalist.org observations:

We recommend you sign up for this excellent, free service.

Anthuroidea
©sea-kangaroo, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Anthuroidea
©sea-kangaroo, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Anthuroidea
©sea-kangaroo, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Anthuroidea
©Tom Turner, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Anthuroidea
©Tom Turner, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Anthuroidea
©Tom Turner, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Anthuroidea
©Damon Tighe, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Anthuroidea
©Alison Young, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Anthuroidea
©Alison Young, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Anthuroidea
©Alex Heyman, some rights reserved (CC0)
Anthuroidea
©Alex Heyman, some rights reserved (CC0)
Anthuroidea
©Alex Heyman, some rights reserved (CC0)
Anthuroidea
©Alex Heyman, some rights reserved (CC0)
Anthuroidea
©Alex Heyman, some rights reserved (CC0)
Anthuroidea
©Alex Heyman, some rights reserved (CC0)
Anthuroidea
©Alex Heyman, some rights reserved (CC0)
Anthuroidea
©Alex Heyman, some rights reserved (CC0)
Anthuroidea
©Nick Shaw, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Anthuroidea
©rqy-yong, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Anthuroidea
©rqy-yong, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Anthuroidea
©rqy-yong, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Anthuroidea
©D. Torres-Pulliza, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Anthuroidea
©D. Torres-Pulliza, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Anthuroidea
©D. Torres-Pulliza, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Anthuroidea
©D. Torres-Pulliza, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Anthuroidea
©D. Torres-Pulliza, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)