Leptocaris

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Leptocaris
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Subclass: Copepoda
Order: Harpacticoida
Family: Darcythompsoniidae
Genus: Leptocaris
T. Scott, 1899
Synonyms
  • HorsiellaGurney, 1920
  • ThaumastognathaJakobi, 1954

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]

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References

  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. 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 . 92 (5): 1–9. doi:10.1017/S0025315411001949. S2CID   87346122.