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Leptocaris Scott T., 1899

115301  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:115301)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Copepoda (Class)
  7. Neocopepoda (Infraclass)
  8. Podoplea (Superorder)
  9. Harpacticoida (Order)
  10. Darcythompsoniidae (Family)
  11. Leptocaris (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Leptocaris minutus Scott T., 1899 (type by original designation)
Horsiella Gurney, 1920 · unaccepted (synonym)
Thaumastognatha Jakobi, 1954 · unaccepted (synonym)

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  1. Species Leptocaris armatus Lang, 1965
  2. Species Leptocaris azoricus Kunz, 1983
  3. Species Leptocaris biscayensis (Noodt, 1955)
  4. Species Leptocaris brevicornis (Douwe, 1904)
  5. Species Leptocaris canariensis Lang, 1965
  6. Species Leptocaris colombiana Gómez & Fuentes-Reinés, 2017
  7. Species Leptocaris doughertyi Lang, 1965
  8. Species Leptocaris echinatus Fiers, 1986
  9. Species Leptocaris elishevae (Por, 1968)
  10. Species Leptocaris emekdasi Koroglu, Kuru & Karaytug, 2015
  11. Species Leptocaris glaber Fiers, 1986
  12. Species Leptocaris gurneyi (Nicholls, 1944)
  13. Species Leptocaris ignavus (Noodt, 1952)
  14. Species Leptocaris igneus Cottarelli & Baldari, 1982
  15. Species Leptocaris insularis (Noodt, 1958)
  16. Species Leptocaris islandica Apostolov, 2007
  17. Species Leptocaris itoi Kunz, 1994
  18. Species Leptocaris kunzi Fleeger & Clark, 1980
  19. Species Leptocaris mangalis Por, 1983
  20. Species Leptocaris marinus (Por, 1964)
  21. Species Leptocaris minimus (Jakobi, 1954)
  22. Species Leptocaris minutus Scott T., 1899
  23. Species Leptocaris mucronatus Fiers, 1986
  24. Species Leptocaris noodti Kunz, 1994
  25. Species Leptocaris pori Lang, 1965
  26. Species Leptocaris ryukyuensis Song, Dahms & Khim, 2012
  27. Species Leptocaris sibirica Borutzky, 1952
  28. Species Leptocaris stromatolicolus Zamudio-Valdés & Reid, 1990
  29. Species Leptocaris vermiculatus (Oliveira, 1957)
  30. Species Leptocaris vicina Gómez & Fuentes-Reinés, 2017
  31. Species Leptocaris adriatica Petkovski, 1955 accepted as Leptocaris biscayensis (Noodt, 1955) (synonym according to Noodt (1958) and Lang (1965))
  32. Species Leptocaris minima (Noodt, 1958) accepted as Leptocaris canariensis Lang, 1965 (replacement name (see Lang 1965))
  33. Species Leptocaris trisetosus (Kunz, 1935) represented as Leptocaris trisetosus trisetosus (Kunz, 1935)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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.
page(s): 259 [details] OpenAccess publication
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). 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 2025-07-14
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Huys, Rony
2008-08-06 13:32:15Z
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Walter, T. Chad
2015-07-13 11:03:02Z
changed
Walter, T. Chad
2024-06-23 15:21:24Z
changed
Walter, T. Chad

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Nomenclature

original description 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.
page(s): 259 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Thaumastognatha Jakobi, 1954) 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).]. <em>Dusenia, Curitiba.</em> 5(5-6):209-232, figs. 1-15. (30-xi-1954). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Horsiella Gurney, 1920) Gurney, R. (1920). A description of the copepod Cylindropsyllus brevicornis, Van Douwe, and of a new species of D'Arcythompsonia, Scott. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (9)5:134-140, pls. 5-7. (i-1920). [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Huys, R. (2001). Copepoda - Harpacticoida. <em>In: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds.) 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.</em> 50:268-280. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source Lang, K. (1948). Monographie der Harpacticiden. Vol. 1 [Monographs of the Harpacticites. Vol. 1]. <em>Hakan Ohlsson's Boktryckeri, Lund; reprinted Nordiska Bokhandeln, Stockholm.</em> 1:1-896, figs. 1-361. (reprinted 1976). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Kunz, H. (1961). Beitrag zur Kenntnis der D'Arcythompsonidae (Copepoda, Harpacticoidea). [Contribution to the knowledge of the D'Arcythompsonidae (Copepoda, Harpacticoidea).]. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 167(7-8):275-280, tab. 1. (x-1961). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
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LanguageName 
Japanese レプトカリス属  [details]
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Horsiella Document hosted within WoRMS (from synonym Horsiella Gurney, 1920)
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Leptocaris Document hosted within WoRMS 
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Thaumastognatha Document hosted within WoRMS (from synonym Thaumastognatha Jakobi, 1954)
Kunz 1994 Document hosted within WoRMS  Note: Thaumastognatha group (from synonym Thaumastognatha Jakobi, 1954)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leptocaris) 
To ITIS
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