Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Cumacea > Family Leuconidae > Genus Leucon > Subgenus Leucon (Leucon)

Leucon (Leucon) acutirostris G.O. Sars, 1865

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Leucon*	Krøyer, 1846	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Leucon acutirostris*	G.O. Sars, 1865	synonym; alternate representation

Literature

basis of record	Watling, L. (2001). Cumacea, 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. 308-310
additional source	Zimmer, C. (1933). Cumacea. The fauna of the North Sea and Baltic, 23(10.g4). Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft: Leipzig, Germany. 70-120 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Watling, L.; Gerken, S. (2025). World Cumacea Database. Leucon (Leucon) acutirostris G.O. Sars, 1865. 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:110615