Leptocaris

Leptocaris is a genus of copepods in the family Darcythompsoniidae. One species, the Mexican endemic L. stromatolicolus, is included on the IUCN Red List as a vulnerable species. The genus contains the following species:


 * Leptocaris adriatica Petkovski, 1955
 * Leptocaris armatus Lang, 1965
 * Leptocaris azoricus Kunz, 1983
 * Leptocaris biscayensis (Noodt, 1955)
 * Leptocaris brevicornis (van Douwe, 1905)
 * Leptocaris canariensis Lang, 1965
 * Leptocaris doughertyi Lang, 1965
 * Leptocaris echinatus Fiers, 1986
 * Leptocaris elishevae (Por, 1968)
 * Leptocaris glaber Fiers, 1986
 * Leptocaris gurneyi (Nicholls, 1944)
 * Leptocaris ignavus (Noodt, 1953)
 * Leptocaris igneus Cottarelli & Baldari, 1982
 * Leptocaris insularis (Noodt, 1958)
 * Leptocaris islandica Apostolov, 2007
 * Leptocaris itoi Kunz, 1994
 * Leptocaris kunzi Fleeger & Clark, 1980
 * Leptocaris mangalis Por, 1983
 * Leptocaris marinus (Por, 1964)
 * Leptocaris minima (Noodt, 1958)
 * Leptocaris minimus (Jakobi, 1954)
 * Leptocaris minutus T. Scott, 1899
 * Leptocaris mucronatus Fiers, 1986
 * Leptocaris noodti Kunz, 1994
 * Leptocaris pori Lang, 1965
 * Leptocaris ryukyuensis Song et al., 2012
 * Leptocaris sibirica Borutsky, 1952
 * Leptocaris stromatolicolus Zamudio-Valdés & Reid, 1990
 * Leptocaris trisetosus (Kunz, 1935)
 * Leptocaris vermiculatus (Oliveira, 1957)