Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Cyclopoida > Suborder Ergasilida > Family Clausidiidae

Leptinogaster Pelseneer, 1929

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Strongylopleura*	Pelseneer, 1929	synonym

Children

Leptinogaster histrio (Pelseneer, 1929)
Leptinogaster pholadis Pelseneer, 1929

Literature

original description	Pelseneer, P. (1929). Copépodes parasites de mollusques. [Copepods parasitic on molluscs.]. Annales de la Société Royale Zoologique de Belgique. 59(1-2):33-49, text-figs. 1-5. (for 1928).
additional source	Vervoort, W. & F. Ramirez. (1966). Hemicyclops thalassius nov. spec. (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) from Mar del Plata, with revisionary notes on the family Clausidiidae. Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden 41(13):195-220, figs. 1-5. (27-vii-1966)
additional source	Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (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. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. 463 pp.
additional source	Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), 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. 252-268

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Leptinogaster Pelseneer, 1929. 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:128625