Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Cumacea > Family Leuconidae

Leucon Krøyer, 1846

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Leucon (Alytoleucon)
Leucon (Crymoleucon)
Leucon (Epileucon)
Leucon (Leucon)
Leucon (Macrauloleucon)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Japanese: シロクーマ属

Literature

basis of record

Watling, L. (2001). Cumacea, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 308-310

additional source

Zimmer, C. (1933). Cumacea. The fauna of the North Sea and Baltic, 23(10.g4). Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft: Leipzig, Germany. 70-120 pp.

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Citation

Watling, L.; Gerken, S. (2025). World Cumacea Database. Leucon Krøyer, 1846. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=110414

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2004-12-21 by Les Watling

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