Anthuroidea

{{Short description|Superfamily of crustaceans}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Calathura norvegica.png

| image_caption = Calathura norvegica (Leptanthuridae)

| taxon = Anthuroidea

| authority = Leach, 1814

}}

Anthuroidea is a superfamily of isopod crustaceans, formerly treated as a suborder, Anthuridea. 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".{{cite book |title=Isopod systematics and evolution |series=Volume 13 of Crustacean issues |editor1=Brian Kensley |editor2=Richard C. Brusca |publisher=CRC Press |year=2001 |isbn=978-90-5809-327-1 |author=Gary C. B. Poore |chapter=Families and genera of Isopoda Anthuridea |pages=63–173}} There are more than 500 described species in 57 genera, arranged across six families:{{cite WoRMS |year=2009 |title=Anthuroidea |db=Isopod |id=292944 |accessdate=April 12, 2010}}

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