WoRMS taxon details
Leuconidae Sars, 1878
- Genus Abyssoleucon Lavrenteva & Mühlenhardt-Siegel, 2015
- Genus Afroleucon Mühlenhardt-Siegel, 2011
- Genus Alloeoleucon
- Genus Americuma Watling, 1991
- Genus Austroleucon Watling, 1991
- Genus Bytholeucon Watling, 1991
- Genus Coricuma Watling & Breedy, 1989
- Genus Epileucon N. S. Jones, 1956
- Genus Eudorella Norman, 1867
- Genus Eudorellopsis Sars, 1882
- Genus Hemileucon Calman, 1907
- Genus Heteroleucon Calman, 1907
- Genus Ithyleucon Corbera, 2012
- Genus Kontiloleucon Gerken, 2016
- Genus Leucon Krøyer, 1846
- Genus Nippoleucon Watling, 1991
- Genus Ommatoleucon Watling, 1991
- Genus Paraleucon Calman, 1907
- Genus Phalloleucon Mühlenhardt-Siegel, 2008
- Genus Pseudoleucon Zimmer, 1903
- Genus Eudora Bate, 1856 accepted as Eudorella Norman, 1867 (junior homonym of Eudora Péron & Lesueur, 1809)
- Genus Eudrella Norman, 1867 accepted as Eudorella Norman, 1867 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Watling, L.; Gerken, S. (2025). World Cumacea Database. Leuconidae Sars, 1878. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=110382 on 2025-04-09
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Watling, L. (2001). Cumacea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 308-310 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. <em>Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA).</em> 124 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
[request]additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Morphology - No free telson.
- Uropod inner ramus of two articles, rarely uniarticulate.
- Male pleopods, 2 pairs, rarely 1 or 0, without external process on inner ramus.
- Number free thoracic somites never reduced.
- Exopods on maxillipeds and the following combinations of pereopods: in the male, 1-4, rarely 1-2; in the female, 1-3, rarely 1-2.
- Mandible truncate, lacking section dorsal to molar.
- Branchial apparatus without gill plates or supports. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | シロクーマ科 | [details] |
