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

Leptastacus Scott T., 1906

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Leptastacus corsicaensis Huys, 1992
Leptastacus kwintei Huys, 1992
Leptastacus laticaudatus Nicholls, 1935
Leptastacus macronyx (Scott T., 1892)
Leptastacus minutus Chappuis, 1954
Leptastacus pygmaeus Huys, 1992
Leptastacus uncinatus Cottarelli & Venanzetti, 1989

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: クシゲスナミジンコ属

Literature

original description	Scott, T. (1906). LXII. Notes on British Copepoda: change of names. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 7(17):458-466, pl. 11.
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	Lang, K. (1965). Copepoda Harpacticoida from the Californian Pacific coast. Kungliga Svenska Vetensk-Akademiens Handlingar, Fjarde Serien. Almquist & Wiksell, Stockholm. 10(2):1-560, figs. 1-303, pls. 1-6.
additional source	Huys, R. (1992). The amphiatlantic distribution of Leptastacus macronyx (T. Scott, 1892) (Copepoda: Harpacticoida): a paradigm of taxonomic confusion; and a cladistic approach to the classification of the Leptastacidae Lang, 1948. Mededelingen van de Koninklijke Academie voor Wetenschappen, Letteren en Schone Kunsten van Belgie 4:23-196, 52 figs.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Leptastacus Scott T., 1906. 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:115394