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

Leptanthura affinis (Bonnier, 1896)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Leptanthura*	Sars, 1897	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Bonnier, J. (1896) Edriophthalmes in: Resultats scientifiques de la Campagne du "Caudan" dans le Golfe de Gascogne, Fasc. III: Annelides, Poissons, Edriophthalmes, Diatomees, Debris Vegetaux et Roches, Liste des especes recueillies. Annales de l'Universite de Lyon 26(3): 527-689.
basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Isopoda - excluding Epicaridea, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 315-321
additional source	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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Isopod Collection
GBIF

Citation

Poore, G.; Schotte, M. (2014). Leptanthura affinis (Bonnier, 1896). 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:118499