Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Oligostraca > Class Ostracoda > Subclass Podocopa > Order Podocopida > Suborder Cytherocopina > Superfamily Cytheroidea > Family Leptocytheridae

Leptocythere Sars, 1925

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Leptocythere angulata Klie, 1939
Leptocythere bacescoi (Rome, 1942)
Leptocythere baltica Klie, 1929
Leptocythere bituberculata Bonaduce, Ciampo & Masoli, 1976
Leptocythere castanea (Sars, 1866)
Leptocythere ciliata Hartmann, 1957
Leptocythere crepidula Ruggieri, 1950
Leptocythere crucifera Hartmann, 1953
Leptocythere fabaeformis (Müller, 1894)
Leptocythere fluviatilis Klie, 1939
Leptocythere karamani Klie, 1939
Leptocythere lacertosa (Hirschmann, 1912)
Leptocythere lagunae Hartmann, 1958
Leptocythere levis (Müller, 1894)
Leptocythere macallana (Brady & Robertson, 1869)
Leptocythere macella Ruggieri, 1975
Leptocythere micra (Rome, 1942) Rome, 1965
Leptocythere multipunctata (Seguenza, 1883)
Leptocythere ostrovskensis Petkovski & Keyser, 1992
Leptocythere pellucida (Baird, 1850)
Leptocythere porcellanea (Brady, 1869) Horne & Whittaker, 1985
Leptocythere prespensis Petkovski, 1959
Leptocythere proboscidea Klie, 1939
Leptocythere psammophila Guillaume, 1976
Leptocythere pseudoproboscidea Karanovic & Petkovski, 1999
Leptocythere ramosa (Rome, 1942)
Leptocythere rara (Müller, 1894)
Leptocythere tenera (Brady, 1868) Sars, 1925

Literature

basis of record	Horne, D.J.; Bruce, A.; Whittaker, J.E. (2001). Ostracoda, 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. 244-251
additional source	Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
replacement name source	Sars, G.O. (1928). Ostracoda. An Account of the Crustacea of Norway. 9:1–277.

Genbank

Citation

Brandão, S.N.; Antonietto, L.S; Nery, D.G.; Pereira, J.S.; Praxedes, R.A.; Santos, S.G.; Karanovic, I. (2025). World Ostracoda Database. Leptocythere Sars, 1925. 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:127637

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Leptocythere Sars, 1925. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/583ea17f-320a-4e15-b091-a3dd7290dd3f