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

Leptocythere castanea (Sars, 1866)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Leptocythere*	Sars, 1925	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Cythere castanea*	Sars, 1866	synonym

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	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Procter, W. (1933). A Report of the Organization, Laboratory Equipment, Methods and Station Lists Together with a List of the Marine Fauna with Descriptions and Places of Capture. To which is Added a List of the Arachnida and other Non-Marine Forms. Part V, In: Biological Survey of the Mount Desert Region. Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology. Philadelphia, PA, USA.
new combination reference	Sars, G.O. (1925). Cypridæ (concluded), Cytheridæ (part). In: Sars, G.O. (ed.) Ostracoda. Bergen, Bergen Museum, An Account of the Crustacea of Norway. 9(IX-X):137-176.

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 castanea (Sars, 1866). 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:128188

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Leptocythere castanea (Sars, 1866). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/a60eb4d5-c6a7-41ed-8082-3c9b744fc27c