Nomenclature
original description
Negoescu, I. (1991) Leptanthura geocostarioi n. sp. (Isopoda, Anthuridea, Paranthuridae) from coastal waters off Brazil. Travaux du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle Grigore Antipa 31: 365-374. [details]
basis of record
Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley & S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA - no longer online. [website archived on 2018-01-25]. [details]
Holotype MNHNGA 546/49456, verbatimGeounit Brazil, off Rio de J... [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 65 [details]
Specimen paratypes also: MNHNGA [details]