World List of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans

Isopoda name details

Metanthura Nierstrasz, 1941

AphiaID

293441 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:293441)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > nomen nudum (no type species)

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

none (type not designated)

Parent

Leptanthuridae Poore, 2001

Original name

Metanthura Nierstrasz, 1941

Direct children (2)

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Species Metanthura indica Nierstrasz, 1941 accepted as Accalathura indica (Nierstrasz, 1941) (superseded original combination)
Species Metanthura normani Nierstrasz, 1941 accepted as Accalathura normani (Nierstrasz, 1941) (superseded original combination)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Nierstrasz, H. F. (1941) Die Isopoden der Siboga-Expedition. IV. Isopoda Genuina. III. Gnathiidea, Anthuridea, Valvifera, Asellota, Phreatocoidea. Siboga Expeditie Monographie 32d: 235-305. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Boyko, C.B.; Campos-Filho, I.S.; Hadfield, K.A.; Hughes, T.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Metanthura Nierstrasz, 1941. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/isopoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=293441 on 2026-08-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-02-14 22:53:31Z

created

Poore, Gary C.B.

2009-02-20 10:38:06Z

changed

Poore, Gary C.B.

2023-03-15 01:57:16Z

changed

Poore, Gary C.B.

2025-03-25 00:42:21Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

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Sources (1)

original description Nierstrasz, H. F. (1941) Die Isopoden der Siboga-Expedition. IV. Isopoda Genuina. III. Gnathiidea, Anthuridea, Valvifera, Asellota, Phreatocoidea. Siboga Expeditie Monographie 32d: 235-305. [details]