Leptocaris
creator: Huys, Rony
creator: Walter, T. Chad
date: 2026-08-29
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Leptocaris Scott T., 1899
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Leptocaris Scott T., 1899. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=115301 on 2026-08-29
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2024-06-23T17:21:24Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Leptocaris Scott T., 1899
class: Copepoda
family: Darcythompsoniidae
genus: Leptocaris
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Scott, T. (1899). Notes on recent gatherings of micro-Crustacea from the Clyde and the Moray Firth. Report of the Fishery Board of Scotland 17(3):248-273, pls. 10-13.
name published in: Gurney, R. (1920). A description of the copepod Cylindropsyllus brevicornis, Van Douwe, and of a new species of D'Arcythompsonia, Scott. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (9)5:134-140, pls. 5-7. (i-1920).
name published in: Jakobi, H. (1954). Harpacticoida (Cop. Crust.) da microfauna do substrato areno-lodoso do 'Mar de Dentro' (Ilha do Mel - Baía de Paranagúa - Brasil). [Harpacticoida (Cop. Crust.) from the microfauna of the sandy-muddy substrate of the 'Mar de Dentro' (Ilha do Mel - Baía de Paranagúa - Brazil).]. Dusenia, Curitiba. 5(5-6):209-232, figs. 1-15. (30-xi-1954).
name published in year: 1899
name published in year: 1920
name published in year: 1954
order: Harpacticoida
parent name usage ID: 115149
phylum: Arthropoda
scientific name authorship: Scott T., 1899
taxon rank: Genus
taxonomic status: accepted