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  Family Darcythompsoniidae

Genus Leptocaris

    Species L. brevicornis -- North America.
    Species L. kunzi -- North America.
    Species L. mangalis -- North America.
    Species L. armatus
    Species L. azoricus
    Species L. biscayensis
    Species L. canariensis
    Species L. doughertyi
    Species L. echinatus
    Species L. elishevae
    Species L. glaber
    Species L. gurneyi
    Species L. ignavus
    Species L. igneus
    Species L. insularis
    Species L. islandica
    Species L. itoi
    Species L. marinus
    Species L. minimus
    Species L. minutus
    Species L. mucronatus
    Species L. noodti
    Species L. pori
    Species L. ryukyuensis
    Species L. sibirica
    Species L. stromatolicolus
    Species L. trisetosus
    Species L. vermiculatus

Taxon Information

The Genus Leptocaris has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from North America.

(These statements were generated automatically from the WInvertebrates database.)

Literature Records

• Leptocaris, "A small, cosmopolitan, mostly marine-coastal genus" (Reid & Williamson, 2010).

Bibliography

• Reid, J.W. & C.E. Williamson. 2010. Copepoda. [in] J.H. Thorp & A.P. Covich (eds.). Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates, 3rd edition: 829-899.

Web Pages

• World of Copepods