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

Leptocaris brevicornis (Douwe, 1904)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Leptocaris*	T. Scott, 1899	accepted genus name
*Horsiella*	Gurney, 1920	synonym
*Thaumastognatha*	Jakobi, 1954	synonym

Species group names

*Cylindropsyllus brevicornis*	Douwe, 1904	synonym
*Horsiella brevicornis*	(Douwe, 1904)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Polish: niprzyrówka rzeczna

Literature

basis of record	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Kunz, H. (1978). Zur Kenntnis der Gattung Leptocaris (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Darcythomsoniidae). [On the knowledge of the genus Leptocaris (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Darcythomsoniidae).]. Crustaceana (Leiden). 35(1):41-49, figs.1-19, tab.1.
additional source	Chang, C.Y. (2009). Illustrated encyclopedia of fauna & flora of Korea. Vol. 42. Inland-water Copepoda. Jeonghaeng-sa, Ministry of Education, Seoul, South Korea. 42:1-687.
additional source	Suárez-Morales, E., J.W. Fleeger & P.A. Montagna. (2009). Free-living Copepoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, D. L. & D.K. Camp [Eds]. Gulf of Mexico: origin, waters, and biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 1393 pp. Chapter pagination: 841-869.
additional source	Apostolov, A. & T.M. Marinov. (1988). Copepoda Harpacticoida (morski kharpaktikoidi). Copepoda, Harpacticoida (marine harpacticoids). Fauna Bulgarica, Fauna Bolgarii. Izd. B'lg. Akad. Nauk, in Aedibus Academiae Scientiarum Bulgaricae, Sofia. Scient. Bulgaricae, Sofia. 18:1-384. (Bulgarian.).

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Leptocaris brevicornis (Douwe, 1904). 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:238288

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Leptocaris brevicornis (Douwe, 1904). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/fa56af9f-9988-4f27-9379-671038a7081f