WoRMS taxon details

Excirolana armata (Dana, 1853) 

AphiaID: 258412

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) >

Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Peracarida (Superorder) > Isopoda (Order) >
Cymothoida (Suborder) > Cymothooidea (Superfamily) > Cirolanidae (Family) > Excirolana (Genus)
Status   accepted
Record Checked by Taxonomic Editor
 
status
Rank   Species
Parent   Excirolana Richardson, 1912
Synonymised Cirolana argentina Giambiagi, 1930 (synonym)
taxa Cirolana armata Dana, 1853 (basionym)
 
Excirolana argentina (Giambiagi, 1930) (synonym)

Sources original description: Dana, J. D. (1853) Crustacea. Part II. In: C. Wilkes,
United States Exploring Expedition, 1838- 1842 under the command of Charles
Wilkes. 14:1618 pages. Philadelphia. [details]

  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.,
available online at http://invertebrates.si.edu/isopod/ [details]

Environment   marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

WoRMS taxon details
Cirolanidae 
AphiaID: 118273

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) >

Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Peracarida (Superorder) > Isopoda (Order) >
Cymothoida (Suborder) > Cymothooidea (Superfamily)
Authority   Dana, 1852
Status   accepted
Record Checked by Taxonomic Editor
 
status
Rank   Family
Parent   Cymothooidea
Sources 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 (look up in
IMIS) [details]

additional source: Martin, J.W.; Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification

of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los
Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA). vii, 123 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
 
additional source: Brandt, A. and Poore, G.C.B. (2003). Higher classification of
the flabelliferan and related Isopoda based on a reappraisal of relationships.
Invertebrate Systematics 17: 893-923. [details]

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.,
available online at http://invertebrates.si.edu/isopod/ [details]

Direct child   Genus Aatolana Bruce, 1993

taxa Genus Annina Budde-Lund, 1908
Genus Antrolana Bowman, 1964
Genus Aphantolana Moore & Brusca, 2003
Genus Arubolana Botosaneanu & Stock, 1979
Genus Atarbolana Bruce & Javed, 1987
Genus Bahalana Carpenter, 1981
Genus Baharilana Bruce & Svavarsson, 2003
Genus Bathylana Kensley, 1989
Genus Bathynomus A. Milne Edwards, 1879
Genus Booralana Bruce, 1986
Genus Calyptolana Bruce, 1985
Genus Cartetolana Bruce, 1981
Genus Ceratolana Bowman, 1977
Genus Cirolana Leach, 1818
Genus Cirolanides Benedict, 1896
Genus Colopisthus Richardson, 1902
Genus Conilera Leach, 1818
Genus Conilorpheus Stebbing, 1905
Genus Creaseriella Rioja, 1953
Genus Dodecalana Carpenter, 1994
Genus Dolicholana Bruce, 1986
Genus Eurydice Leach, 1815
Genus Eurylana Jansen, 1981
Genus Excirolana Richardson, 1912
Genus Exumalana Botosaneanu & Iliffe, 2003
Genus Faucheria Dollfus & Viré, 1905
Genus Gnatholana Barnard, 1920
Genus Hansenolana Stebbing, 1900
Genus Haptolana Bowman, 1966
Genus Kagalana Bruce, 2008
Genus Kensleylana Bruce & Herrando-Perez, 2005
Genus Limicolana Bruce, 1986
Genus Marocolana Boulanouar, Boutin & Coineau, 1993
Genus Metacirolana Nierstrasz, 1931
Genus Mexilana Bowman, 1975
Genus Natatolana Bruce, 1981
Genus Neocirolana Hale, 1925
Genus Odysseylana Malyutina, 1995
Genus Oncilorpheus Paul & Menzies, 1971
Genus Orphelana Bruce, 1981
Genus Palaega Woodward, 1870 †
Genus Parabathynomus Barnard, 1924
Genus Parilcirolana Yu & Li, 2001
Genus Plakolana Bruce, 1993
Genus Politolana Bruce, 1981
Genus Pontogelos Stebbing, 1910
Genus Pseudaega G. Thomson, 1883
Genus Pseudolana Bruce, 1979
Genus Saharolana Monod, 1930
Genus Scutulana Bruce, 1996
Genus Seychellana Kensley & Schotte, 1994
Genus Sintorolana Bruce, 1996
Genus Skotobaena Ferrara & Monod, 1972
Genus Speocirolana Bolivar y Pieltain, 1950
Genus Sphaerolana Cole & Minckley, 1970
Genus Sphaeromides Dollfus, 1897
Genus Turcolana Argano & Pesce, 1980
 Genus Typhlocirolana Racovitza, 1905
Genus Xylolana Kensley, 1987
Genus Yucatalana Botosaneanu & Iliffe, 1999
Genus Zulialana Botosaneanu & Viloria, 1993
Genus Anopsilana Paulian & Delamare Deboutteville, 1956 accepted as
Cirolana (Anopsilana) Leach, 1818
Genus Branchuropus accepted as Eurydice Leach, 1815
Genus Jamaicalana Botosaneanu & Iliffe, 1997 accepted as Cirolana
(Anopsilana) Leach, 1818
Genus Pontogeloides Barnard, 1914 accepted as Excirolana Richardson, 1912
Genus Trogloaega accepted as Sphaeromides Dollfus, 1897
Environment   marine, brackish, fresh
Fossil range   recent + fossil
Distribution   World Oceans [details]
Feedingtypes omnivore [details]
predator [details]
  predator [details]
scavenger [details]
scavenger [details]
WoRMS taxon details
Sphaeromatidae 
AphiaID: 118277

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) >

Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Peracarida (Superorder) > Isopoda (Order) >
Sphaeromatidea (Suborder) > Sphaeromatoidea (Superfamily)
Authority   Latreille, 1825
Status   accepted
Record Checked by Taxonomic Editor
 
status
Rank   Family
Parent   Sphaeromatoidea
Sources 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 (look up in
IMIS) [details]

additional source: Martin, J.W.; Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification

of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los
Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA). vii, 123 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
 
additional source: Brandt, A. and Poore, G.C.B. (2003). Higher classification of
the flabelliferan and related Isopoda based on a reappraisal of relationships.
Invertebrate Systematics 17: 893-923. [details]

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.,
available online at http://invertebrates.si.edu/isopod/ [details]

Vernacular Language    Name  

 
Names Swedish klotkräftor  [details]
Direct child   Genus Afrocerceis Müller, 1995
taxa Genus Agostodina Bruce, 1994
Genus Amphoroidea H. Milne Edwards, 1840
Genus Amphoroidella Baker, 1908
Genus Apemosphaera Bruce, 1994
Genus Artopoles Barnard, 1920
Genus Austrasphaera Bruce, 2003
Genus Beatricesphaera Wetzer & Bruce, 1999
Genus Benthosphaera Bruce, 1994E
Genus Bilistra Sket & Bruce, 2004
Genus Botryias Richardson, 1910
Genus Bregmotypta Bruce, 1994E
Genus Caecocassidias Kussakin, 1967
Genus Caecosphaeroma Dollfus, 1896H
Genus Calcipila Harrison & Holdich, 1984
Genus Campecopea Leach, 1814
Genus Cassidias Richardson, 1906
Genus Cassidina H. Milne Edwards, 1840
Genus Cassidinella Whitelegge, 1901
Genus Cassidinidea Hansen, 1905
Genus Cassidinopsis Hansen, 1905
Genus Ceratocephalus Woodward, 1877
Genus Cerceis H. Milne Edwards, 1840
Genus Cercosphaera Bruce, 1994E
Genus Chitonopsis Whitelegge, 1902
Genus Chitonosphaera Kussakin & Malyutina, 1993
Genus Cilicaea Leach, 1818
Genus Cilicaeopsis Hansen, 1905
Genus Cliamenella Kussakin & Malyutina, 1987
Genus Cymodetta Bowman & Kuhne, 1974
Genus Cymodoce Leach, 1814
Genus Cymodocella Pfeffer, 1887
Genus Cymodopsis Baker, 1926
Genus Diclidocellla Bruce, 1995
Genus Discerceis Richardson, 1905
Genus Discidina Bruce, 1994
Genus Dynamene Leach, 1814
Genus Dynamenella Hansen, 1905
Genus Dynameniscus Richardson, 1905
Genus Dynamenoides Hurley & Jansen, 1977
Genus Dynamenopsis Baker, 1908
Genus Dynoides Barnard, 1914
Genus Eterocerceis Messana, 1990
Genus Exocerceis Baker, 1926
Genus Exosphaeroides Holdich & Harrison, 1983
Genus Exosphaeroma Stebbing, 1900
Genus Geocerceis Menzies & Glynn, 1968
Genus Gnorimosphaeroma Menzies, 1954
Genus Harrieta Kensley, 1987
Genus Haswellia Miers, 1884
Genus Hemisphaeroma Hansen, 1905
Genus Heterodina Schotte & Kensley, 2005
Genus Holotelson Richardson, 1909
Genus Ischyromene Racovitza, 1908
Genus Isocladus Miers, 1876
Genus Juletta Bruce, 1993
Genus Koremasphaera Bruce, 2003
Genus Kranosphaera Bruce, 1992
Genus Lekanesphaera Verhoeff, 1943
Genus Leptosphaeroma Hilgendorf, 1885
Genus Makarasphaera Bruce, 2005
Genus Margueritta Bruce, 1993
Genus Maricoccus Poore, 1994
Genus Monolistra Gerstaecker, 1856
Genus Moruloidea Baker, 1908
Genus Naesicopea Stebbing, 1893
Genus Neonaesa Harrison & Holdich, 1982
Genus Neosphaeroma Baker, 1926
Genus Oxinasphaera Bruce, 1997
Genus Paracassidina Baker, 1911
Genus Paracassidinopsis Nobili, 1906
Genus Paracerceis Hansen, 1905
Genus Paracilicaea Stebbing, 1910
Genus Paradella Harrison & Holdich, 1982
Genus Paraimene Javed & Ahmed, 1988
Genus Paraleptosphaeroma Buss & Iverson, 1981
Genus Parasphaeroma Stebbing, 1902
Genus Parisocladus Barnard, 1914
Genus Pedinura Bruce, 2003
Genus Pistorius Harrison & Holdich, 1982
Genus Platycerceis Baker, 1926
Genus Platynympha Harrison, 1984
Genus Platysphaera Holdich & Harrison, 1981
Genus Pooredoce Bruce, 2009
Genus Pseudocerceis Harrison & Holdich, 1982
Genus Pseudosphaeroma Chilton, 1909
Genus Ptyosphaera Holdich & Harrison, 1983
Genus Scutuloidea Chilton, 1883
Genus Sphaeramene Barnard, 1914
Genus Sphaeroma Latreille, 1802
Genus Sphaeromopsis Holdich & Jones, 1973
Genus Stathmos Barnard, 1940
Genus Striella Glynn, 1968
Genus Syncassidina Baker, 1928
Genus Thermosphaeroma Cole & Bane, 1978
Genus Tholozodium Eleftheriou, Holdich & Harrison, 1980
Genus Waiteolana Baker, 1926
Genus Xynosphaera Bruce, 1994E
Genus Zuzara Leach, 1818
Genus Anoplocopea Racovitza, 1908 accepted as Campecopea Leach, 1814
Genus Calyptura Haswell, 1882 accepted as Haswellia Miers, 1884
 Genus Clianella Boone, 1923 accepted as Dynoides Barnard, 1914
Genus Cyclura Stebbing, 1874 accepted as Zuzara Leach, 1818
Genus Cymodocea Leach, 1818 accepted as Cymodoce Leach, 1814
Genus Dies Barnard, 1951 accepted as Cassidinidea Hansen, 1905
Genus Dynoidella Pillai, 1965 accepted as Dynoides Barnard, 1914
Genus Dynoidella Nishimura, 1976 accepted as Dynoides Barnard, 1914
Genus Euvallentinia Stebbing, 1914 accepted as Moruloidea Baker, 1908
Genus Koremosphaera Bruce, 2003 accepted as Koremasphaera Bruce, 2003
Genus Microlistra accepted as Monolistra (Microlistra) Gerstaecker, 1856
Genus Naesa Leach, 1815 accepted as Dynamene Leach, 1814
Genus Naesea Leach, 1814 accepted as Dynamene Leach, 1814
Genus Neocassidina Roman, 1974 accepted as Paracassidinopsis Nobili, 1906
Genus Nesea accepted as Cilicaea Leach, 1818
Genus Nishimuraia Nunomura, 1988 accepted as Gnorimosphaeroma Menzies,
1954
Genus Paracereis accepted as Paracerceis Hansen, 1905
Genus Paradynamenopsis accepted as Pseudosphaeroma Chilton, 1909
Genus Sergiella Pires, 1980 accepted as Paracerceis Hansen, 1905
Genus Spelaeosphaeroma accepted as Monolistra Gerstaecker, 1856
Environment   marine, brackish, fresh
Fossil range   recent + fossil
Distribution   World Oceans [details]
WoRMS taxon details
Dynamenella savignii (H. Milne Edwards, 1840) 
AphiaID: 118945

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) >

Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Peracarida (Superorder) > Isopoda (Order) >
Sphaeromatidea (Suborder) > Sphaeromatoidea (Superfamily) > Sphaeromatidae (Family) > Dynamenella (Genus)
Status   accepted
Record Checked by Taxonomic Editor
 
status
Rank   Species
Parent   Dynamenella Hansen, 1905
Synonymised Sphaeroma savignii H. Milne Edwards, 1840 (basionym)
 
taxa
Sources original description: Milne Edwards, H. (1840) Histoire Naturelle des
Crustaces, comprenant l'anatomie, la physiologie et la classification de ces
animaux, vol 3. Paris: Roret. [details]

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 (look up in
IMIS) [details]

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.,
available online at http://invertebrates.si.edu/isopod/ [details]

Environment   marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Distribution European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
  Mediterranean Sea [details]
Natal [details]
Links To Antarctic Invertebrates
 
To ITIS
Notes Depth range: shallow [details]
 
type locality: Egypt [details]
WoRMS taxon details
Cilicaea latreillei Leach, 1818 
AphiaID: 118927

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) >

Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Peracarida (Superorder) > Isopoda (Order) >
Sphaeromatidea (Suborder) > Sphaeromatoidea (Superfamily) > Sphaeromatidae (Family) > Cilicaea (Genus)
Status   accepted
Record Checked by Taxonomic Editor
 
status
Rank   Species
Typetaxon of Cilicaea Leach, 1818
 
Parent   Cilicaea Leach, 1818
Sources original description: Leach, W. E. (1818) Cymothoadees. In F. Cuvier, Editor,
Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles, 12.Paris. [details]

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 (look up in
IMIS) [details]

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.,
available online at http://invertebrates.si.edu/isopod/ [details]

Distribution Australia [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Indonesia [details]
Kenya [details]
  Mozambique [details]
Philippines [details]
Red Sea [details]
Somalia [details]
Sri Lanka [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
 
To ITIS
Notes Depth range: 26-104 [details]
 
distribution: East London to Natal, South Africa, 26-104 m [details]
WoRMS taxon details
Corallanidae 
AphiaID: 196132

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) >

Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Peracarida (Superorder) > Isopoda (Order) >
Cymothoida (Suborder) > Cymothooidea (Superfamily)
Authority   Hansen, 1890
Status   accepted
Record Edited by Database Management Team
 
status
Rank   Family
Parent   Cymothooidea
Sources basis of record: Martin, J.W.; Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of
the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los
Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA). vii, 123 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Delaney P.M. (1989). Phylogeny and biogeography of the

marine Isopod family Corallanidae (Crustacea, Isopoda, Flabellifera).
Contributions in Science, 409, 1-75. [details]

  additional source: Brandt, A. and Poore, G.C.B. (2003). Higher classification of

the flabelliferan and related Isopoda based on a reappraisal of relationships.
Invertebrate Systematics 17: 893-923. [details]

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.,
available online at http://invertebrates.si.edu/isopod/ [details]

Direct child Genus Alcirona Hansen, 1890

taxa Genus Argathona Stebbing, 1905
Genus Corallana Dana, 1853
Genus Excorallana Stebbing, 1904
  Genus Lanocira Hansen, 1890
Genus Tachaea Schioedte & Meinert, 1879
Genus Nalicora accepted as Lanocira Hansen, 1890
Genus Orcilana Nierstrasz, 1931 accepted as Argathona Stebbing, 1905
Genus Corilana Kossman, 1880 (nomen dubium)
Environment   marine, fresh
Haliophasma cycneum   Poore, 1975
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Classification Malacostraca | Isopoda | Anthuridae

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Main reference

Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley and S. Shilling. 1995. (Ref. 3113)

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Size / Weight / Age

Environment

; depth range 1 - 124 m (Ref. 3113)

Climate / Range

Distribution
Victoria, Australia
WoRMS taxon details
Haliophasma cycneum Poore, 1975 
AphiaID: 255456

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) >

Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Peracarida (Superorder) > Isopoda (Order) >
Cymothoida (Suborder) > Anthuroidea (Superfamily) > Anthuridae (Family) > Haliophasma (Genus)
Status   accepted
Record Checked by Taxonomic Editor
 
status
Rank   Species
Parent   Haliophasma Haswell, 1881
Sources original description: Poore, G. C. B. (1975) Australian species of Haliophasma
(Crustacea: Isopoda: Anthuridae). Records of the Australian Museum 29 (19):
503-533. [details]

  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.,
available online at http://invertebrates.si.edu/isopod/ [details]

Environment   marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Link   To ITIS
Notes Depth range: 1-124 [details]
 
type locality: Victoria, Australia [details]
WoRMS taxon details
Anthuridae 
AphiaID: 118244

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) >

Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Peracarida (Superorder) > Isopoda (Order) >
Cymothoida (Suborder) > Anthuroidea (Superfamily)
Authority   Leach, 1814
Status   accepted
Record Checked by Taxonomic Editor
 
status
Rank   Family
Parent   Anthuroidea
Sources 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 (look up in
IMIS) [details]

additional source: Martin, J.W.; Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification

of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los
Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA). vii, 123 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Poore, G. C. B. (2001) In: Kensley, B. & R. C. Brusca, (eds.)

Families and genera of Isopoda Anthuridea Isopod Systematics and Evolution).
Crustacean Issues 13, pp 63-173. Rotterdam/Brookfield: Balkema. 357
pages. [details]
 
additional source: Brandt, A. and Poore, G.C.B. (2003). Higher classification of
the flabelliferan and related Isopoda based on a reappraisal of relationships.
Invertebrate Systematics 17: 893-923. [details]

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.,
available online at http://invertebrates.si.edu/isopod/ [details]

additional source: Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species
directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas.
Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-
948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Direct child   Genus Amakusanthura Nunomura, 1977

taxa Genus Anthura Leach, 1814
 Genus Apanthura Stebbing, 1900
Genus Apanthuroides Menzies & Glynn, 1968
Genus Apanthuropsis Poore & Lew Ton, 1985
Genus Caenanthura Kensley, 1978
Genus Cetanthura Kensley, 1982
Genus Chelanthura Poore & Bardsley, 1990
Genus Cortezura Schultz, 1977
Genus Cyathura Norman & Stebbing, 1886
Genus Exallanthura Kensley, 1980
Genus Haliophasma Haswell, 1881
Genus Indanthura Pillai & Eapen, 1966
Genus Leipanthura Poore, 2009
Genus Malacanthura Barnard, 1925
Genus Mesanthura Barnard, 1914
Genus Nemanthura Wägele, 1981
Genus Notanthura Monod, 1927
Genus Pendanthura Menzies & Glynn, 1968
Genus Pilosanthura Wagele, 1989
Genus Ptilanthura Harger, 1878
Genus Quantanthura Menzies & George, 1972
Genus Sauranthura Poore & Kensley, 1981
Genus Skuphonura Barnard, 1925
Genus Stygocyathura Botosaneanu & Stock, 1982
Genus Agulanthura Kensley, 1975 accepted as Quantanthura Menzies &
George, 1972
Genus Alloanthura Kensley, 1980 accepted as Indanthura Pillai & Eapen, 1966
Genus Apanthuretta Wägele, 1981 accepted as Amakusanthura Nunomura, 1977
Genus Arabanthura Kensley & Reid, 1984 accepted as Caenanthura Kensley,
1978
Genus Centranthura Wägele, 1981 accepted as Notanthura Monod, 1927
Genus Exanthura Barnard, 1914 accepted as Haliophasma Haswell, 1881
Genus Filanthura Wägele, 1981 accepted as Indanthura Pillai & Eapen, 1966
Genus Indonesanthura Negoescu, 1997 accepted as Caenanthura Kensley, 1978
Genus Monodanthura Wagele & Platvoet, 1982 accepted as Notanthura Monod,
1927
Genus Natalanthura Kensley, 1978 accepted as Apanthuroides Menzies &
Glynn, 1968
Genus Venezanthura Kensley, 1978 accepted as Cortezura Schultz, 1977
Environment   marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

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