WoRMS taxon details
Leptodora kindtii (Focke, 1844)
247980 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:247980)
accepted
Species
Hyalosoma dux Wagner, 1868 · unaccepted
Leptodora angusta G.O. Sars, 1890 · unaccepted
Leptodora hyalina Lijjeborg, 1861 · unaccepted
Leptodora kindti (Focke, 1844) · unaccepted (wrong spelling)
Leptodora pellucida Joseph, 1882 · unaccepted
Polyphemus kindtii Focke, 1844 · unaccepted
(of Polyphemus kindtii Focke, 1844) Focke, G.W. (1844). Polyphemus kindtii. <em>Amtlicher Bericht über die zwelundzwanzigste. Versammlung deutscher Naturforscher und Aerzte in Bremen.</em> 1844: 108-110., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=Yb1eAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false [details]
WoRMS (2026). Leptodora kindtii (Focke, 1844). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=247980 on 2026-03-06
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Leptodora hyalina Lijjeborg, 1861) Lilljeborg, W. (1861). Beskrifning öfver tvenne märkliga Crustaceer af Ordningen Cladocera. <em>Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-akademiens forhandlingar.</em> 1860(5): 265-271. [details] 
original description (of Polyphemus kindtii Focke, 1844) Focke, G.W. (1844). Polyphemus kindtii. <em>Amtlicher Bericht über die zwelundzwanzigste. Versammlung deutscher Naturforscher und Aerzte in Bremen.</em> 1844: 108-110., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=Yb1eAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false [details]
basis of record Species composition of meso- and macrozooplankton of the Black Sea (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Polyphemus kindtii Focke, 1844) Focke, G.W. (1844). Polyphemus kindtii. <em>Amtlicher Bericht über die zwelundzwanzigste. Versammlung deutscher Naturforscher und Aerzte in Bremen.</em> 1844: 108-110., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=Yb1eAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false [details]
basis of record Species composition of meso- and macrozooplankton of the Black Sea (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Dumont H. J., Hollwedel W. (2009). Leptodora kindtii (Focke, 1844) from Bremen, Germany: Discovered, Forgotten, and Rediscovered. <em>Crustaceana.</em> 82(11): 1457-1461., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/001121609x12511103974457 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Dumont H. J., Hollwedel W. (2009). Leptodora kindtii (Focke, 1844) from Bremen, Germany: Discovered, Forgotten, and Rediscovered. <em>Crustaceana.</em> 82(11): 1457-1461., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/001121609x12511103974457 [details] Available for editors
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | glass waterflea [from synonym] | [details] |
| German | Glaskrebs [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (202 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (68 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leptodora kindtii)
To GenBank (1037 nucleotides; 967 proteins) (from synonym Leptodora kindti (Focke, 1844))
To GenBank (1037 nucleotides; 967 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (6 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 099094)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (68 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leptodora kindtii)
To GenBank (1037 nucleotides; 967 proteins) (from synonym Leptodora kindti (Focke, 1844))
To GenBank (1037 nucleotides; 967 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (6 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 099094)
To ITIS