''Leptocaris'' is a genus of
copepod
Copepods (; meaning "oar-feet") are a group of small crustaceans found in nearly every freshwater and saltwater habitat (ecology), habitat. Some species are planktonic (inhabiting sea waters), some are benthos, benthic (living on the ocean floor) ...
s in the family
Darcythompsoniidae
Darcythompsoniidae is a family of copepods, containing four genera. Members of the family have a very wide distribution throughout the tropics, where they live in rotting mangrove leaves. They lack egg sacs and are thought to lay their eggs direc ...
. One species, the Mexican endemic ''L. stromatolicolus'', is included on the
IUCN Red List
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data Book, founded in 1964, is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biol ...
as a
vulnerable species
A vulnerable species is a species which has been Conservation status, categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as being threatened species, threatened with extinction unless the circumstances that are threatened species, ...
. The genus contains the following species:
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Leptocaris adriatica''
Petkovski, 1955
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Leptocaris armatus''
Lang, 1965
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Leptocaris azoricus''
Kunz, 1983
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Leptocaris biscayensis''
(Noodt, 1955)
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Leptocaris brevicornis''
(van Douwe, 1905)
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Leptocaris canariensis''
Lang, 1965
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Leptocaris doughertyi''
Lang, 1965
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Leptocaris echinatus''
Fiers, 1986
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Leptocaris elishevae''
(Por, 1968)
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Leptocaris glaber''
Fiers, 1986
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Leptocaris gurneyi''
(Nicholls, 1944)
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Leptocaris ignavus''
(Noodt, 1953)
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Leptocaris igneus''
Cottarelli & Baldari, 1982
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Leptocaris insularis''
(Noodt, 1958)
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Leptocaris islandica''
Apostolov, 2007
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Leptocaris itoi''
Kunz, 1994
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Leptocaris kunzi''
Fleeger & Clark, 1980
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Leptocaris mangalis''
Por, 1983
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Leptocaris marinus''
(Por, 1964)
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Leptocaris minima''
(Noodt, 1958)
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Leptocaris minimus''
(Jakobi, 1954)
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Leptocaris minutus''
T. Scott, 1899
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Leptocaris mucronatus''
Fiers, 1986
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Leptocaris noodti''
Kunz, 1994
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Leptocaris pori''
Lang, 1965
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Leptocaris ryukyuensis''
Song ''et al.'', 2012
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Leptocaris sibirica''
Borutsky, 1952
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Leptocaris stromatolicolus''
Zamudio-Valdés & Reid, 1990
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Leptocaris trisetosus''
(Kunz, 1935)
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Leptocaris vermiculatus''
(Oliveira, 1957)
References
Harpacticoida
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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