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
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