Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Harpacticoida > Family Darcythompsoniidae

Leptocaris T. Scott, 1899

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Horsiella*	Gurney, 1920	synonym
*Thaumastognatha*	Jakobi, 1954	synonym

Children

Leptocaris biscayensis (Noodt, 1955)
Leptocaris brevicornis (Douwe, 1904)
Leptocaris canariensis Lang, 1965
Leptocaris ignavus (Noodt, 1952)
Leptocaris igneus Cottarelli & Baldari, 1982
Leptocaris insularis (Noodt, 1958)
Leptocaris marinus (Por, 1964)
Leptocaris minimus (Jakobi, 1954)
Leptocaris minutus Scott T., 1899
Leptocaris trisetosus (Kunz, 1935)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: レプトカリス属

Literature

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.
basis of record	Huys, R. (2001). Copepoda - Harpacticoida. 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. 50:268-280.
additional source	Kunz, H. (1961). Beitrag zur Kenntnis der D'Arcythompsonidae (Copepoda, Harpacticoidea). [Contribution to the knowledge of the D'Arcythompsonidae (Copepoda, Harpacticoidea).]. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 167(7-8):275-280, tab. 1. (x-1961).
additional source	Lang, K. (1948). Monographie der Harpacticiden. Vol. 1 [Monographs of the Harpacticites. Vol. 1]. Hakan Ohlsson's Boktryckeri, Lund; reprinted Nordiska Bokhandeln, Stockholm. 1:1-896, figs. 1-361. (reprinted 1976).

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Leptocaris Scott T., 1899. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:115301

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Leptocaris T. Scott, 1899. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/f30c8a44-2ffd-4364-9d2a-500ada56f328