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Leptocaris Scott T., 1899 
AphiaID: 115301

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Copepoda (Subclass) > Neocopepoda (Infraclass) > Podoplea (Superorder) > Harpacticoida (Order) > Darcythompsoniidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Darcythompsoniidae Lang, 1936
Synonymised
taxa
  Horsiella Gurney, 1920 (synonym)
Thaumastognatha Jakobi, 1954 (synonym)
Sources  basis of record: Huys, R. (2001). Copepoda - Harpacticoida, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 268-280 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Lang, K. 1948. Monographie der Harpacticiden. Vols. 1,2. Hakan Ohlsson's Boktryckeri, Lund; reprinted Nordiska Bokhandeln, Stockholm 1:1-896, figs. 1-361; 2:897-1682, figs. 362-607, maps 1-378. [details]

from synonym: Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] [view taxon]

Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Species Leptocaris armatus Lang, 1965
Species Leptocaris azoricus Kunz, 1983
Species Leptocaris biscayensis (Noodt, 1955)
Species Leptocaris brevicornis (van Douwe, 1904)
Species Leptocaris canariensis Lang, 1965
Species Leptocaris doughertyi Lang, 1965
Species Leptocaris echinatus Fiers, 1986
Species Leptocaris elishevae (Por, 1968)
Species Leptocaris glaber Fiers, 1986
Species Leptocaris gurneyi (Nicholls, 1944)
Species Leptocaris ignavus (Noodt, 1953)
Species Leptocaris igneus Cottarelli & Baldari, 1982
Species Leptocaris insularis (Noodt, 1958)
Species Leptocaris islandica Apostolov, 2007
Species Leptocaris itoi Kunz, 1994
Species Leptocaris kunzi Fleeger & Clark, 1980
Species Leptocaris mangalis Por, 1983
Species Leptocaris marinus (Por, 1964)
Species Leptocaris minimus (Jakobi, 1954)
Species Leptocaris minutus Scott T., 1899
Species Leptocaris mucronatus Fiers, 1986
Species Leptocaris noodti Kunz, 1994
Species Leptocaris pori Lang, 1965
Species Leptocaris ryukyuensis Song, Dahms & Khim, 2012
Species Leptocaris sibirica Borutsky, 1952
Species Leptocaris stromatolicolus Zamudio-Valdés & Reid, 1990
Species Leptocaris trisetosus (Kunz, 1935)
Species Leptocaris vermiculatus (Oliveira, 1957)

Species Leptocaris adriatica Petkovski, 1955 accepted as Leptocaris biscayensis (Noodt, 1955)
Species Leptocaris minima (Noodt, 1958) accepted as Leptocaris canariensis Lang, 1965
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Links 3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Leptocaris
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To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:115301
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Huys, Rony
2008-08-06 13:32:15Z  changed  Walter, T. Chad
  
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  Citation: Walter, T. Chad; Huys, R. (2013). Leptocaris Scott T., 1899. In: Walter, T.C. & Boxshall, G. (2013). World of Copepods database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=115301 on 2013-05-21
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