Anthuroidea

Anthuroidea is a superfamily of isopod crustaceans, formerly treated as a suborder, Anthuridea.^[1] 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".^[2] There are more than 500 described species in 57 genera,^[2] arranged across six families:^[1]

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

Anthuroidea
Calathura norvegica (Leptanthuridae)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Isopoda
Suborder:	Cymothoida
Superfamily:	Anthuroidea Leach, 1814