Janthura

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Superphylum: Ecdysozoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Peracarida
Ordo: Isopoda
Subordo: Asellota
Superfamilia: Janiroidea
Familia: Janiridae
Genus: Janthura
Species: J. abyssicola - J. bougainvillei

Name

Janthura Wolff, 1962

Type-species: Janthura abyssicola Wolff, 1962

Synonyms

* Austroniscoides Birstein, 1963: by Menzies et George, 1972

References

* Бирштейн, Я.А. (1963). Равноногие ракообразные (Crustacea, Isopoda) ультраабиссали Бугенвильской впадины. Зоологический журнал 42: 814-834.

(Birstein, Y.A. (1963). Isopods from the ultra-abyssal zone of the Bougainville Trench. Zoologischeskii Zhurnal 42: 814-834.)

* Menzies, R.J. & R.Y. George (1972). Isopod Crustacea of the Peru-Chile Trench. Anton Bruun Report 9: 1-124.
* Wilson, G.D.F. & J.W. Wägele (1994) Review of the family Janiridae (Crustacea: Isopoda: Asellota). Invertebrate Taxonomy 8 (3): 683-747.
* Wolff, T. (1962). The systematics and biology of bathyal and abyssal Isopoda Asellota. Galathea Report 6: 1-320.