Leptocaris

<i>Leptocaris</i>

Leptocaris

Genus of crustaceans

Leptocaris is a genus of copepods in the family Darcythompsoniidae. One species, the Mexican endemic L. stromatolicolus, is included on the IUCN Red List as a vulnerable species.[1] The genus contains the following species:[2]

  • Leptocaris adriatica Petkovski, 1955
  • Leptocaris armatus Lang, 1965
  • Leptocaris azoricus Kunz, 1983
  • Leptocaris biscayensis (Noodt, 1955)
  • Leptocaris brevicornis (van Douwe, 1905)
  • Leptocaris canariensis Lang, 1965
  • Leptocaris doughertyi Lang, 1965
  • Leptocaris echinatus Fiers, 1986
  • Leptocaris elishevae (Por, 1968)
  • Leptocaris glaber Fiers, 1986
  • Leptocaris gurneyi (Nicholls, 1944)
  • Leptocaris ignavus (Noodt, 1953)
  • Leptocaris igneus Cottarelli & Baldari, 1982
  • Leptocaris insularis (Noodt, 1958)
  • Leptocaris islandica Apostolov, 2007
  • Leptocaris itoi Kunz, 1994
  • Leptocaris kunzi Fleeger & Clark, 1980
  • Leptocaris mangalis Por, 1983
  • Leptocaris marinus (Por, 1964)
  • Leptocaris minima (Noodt, 1958)
  • Leptocaris minimus (Jakobi, 1954)
  • Leptocaris minutus T. Scott, 1899
  • Leptocaris mucronatus Fiers, 1986
  • Leptocaris noodti Kunz, 1994
  • Leptocaris pori Lang, 1965
  • Leptocaris ryukyuensis Song et al., 2012 [3]
  • Leptocaris sibirica Borutsky, 1952
  • Leptocaris stromatolicolus Zamudio-Valdés & Reid, 1990
  • Leptocaris trisetosus (Kunz, 1935)
  • Leptocaris vermiculatus (Oliveira, 1957)

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References

  1. [1]
    J. W. Reid (1996). "Leptocaris stromatolicolus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T11662A3301073. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T11662A3301073.en. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  2. [2]
    T. Chad Walter & Rony Huys (2009). T. C. Walter & G. Boxshall (eds.). "Leptocaris Scott T., 1899". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved April 14, 2010.
  3. [3]
    Sung Joon Song; Hans-Uwe Dahms & Jong Seong Khim (2012). "A review of Leptocaris including a description of L. ryukyuensis sp. nov. (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Darcythompsoniidae)". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 92 (5): 1–9. doi:10.1017/S0025315411001949. S2CID 87346122.


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