Leptocaris

Leptocaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Maxillopoda
Subclass: Copepoda
Order: Harpacticoida
Family: Darcythompsoniidae
Genus: Leptocaris
T. Scott, 1899

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)

References

  1. ↑ J. W. Reid (1996). "Leptocaris stromatolicolus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2.3 (2.3). International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved October 10, 2010.
  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. ↑ 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 (in press): 1–9. doi:10.1017/S0025315411001949.


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