Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Isopoda > Suborder Cymothoida > Superfamily Anthuroidea > Family Anthuridae > Genus Amakusanthura

Amakusanthura libyana (Negoescu, 1980)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Amakusanthura*	Nunomura, 1977	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Apanthura libyana*	Negoescu, 1980	basionym
*Apanthura libyana*	Negoescu, 1980	synonym

Literature

original description	Negoescu, I. (1980) Contribution to the study of anthurid isopods (Isopoda, Anthuridea) from the Mediterranean (Libya) with the description of two new species. Travaux du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle Grigore Antipa 21: 89-102.
basis of record	Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley, and S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA.

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Taxonomy

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External Links

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Citation

Poore, G.; Schotte, M. (2014). Amakusanthura libyana (Negoescu, 1980). In: Schotte, M.; Boyko, C.B; Bruce, N.L.; Poore, G.C.B.; Taiti, S. & Wilson, G.D.F. (Eds) (2014) World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:255363