WoRMS taxon details
Leptastacus Scott T., 1906
115394 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:115394)
accepted
Genus
Leptastacus macronyx (Scott T., 1892) (type by original designation)
- Species Leptastacus corsicaensis Huys, 1992
- Species Leptastacus coulli Huys, 1992
- Species Leptastacus kwintei Huys, 1992
- Species Leptastacus laticaudatus Nicholls, 1935
- Species Leptastacus macronyx (Scott T., 1892)
- Species Leptastacus pygmaeus Huys, 1992
- Species Leptastacus spatuliseta Mielke, 1982
- Species Leptastacus uncinatus Cottarelli & Venanzetti, 1989
- Species Leptastacus aberrans Chappuis, 1954 accepted as Archileptastacus aberrans (Chappuis, 1954)
- Species Leptastacus acuticaudatus Krishnaswamy, 1957 accepted as Belemnopontia acuticaudatus (Krishnaswamy, 1957)
- Species Leptastacus constrictus Lang, 1965 accepted as Cerconeotes constrictus (Lang, 1965)
- Species Leptastacus ctenatus Mielke, 1982 accepted as Schizothrix ctenata (Mielke, 1982)
- Species Leptastacus delamarei Rouch, 1962 accepted as Sextonis delamarei (Rouch, 1962)
- Species Leptastacus dispinosus Mielke, 1982 accepted as Belemnopontia dispinosa (Mielke, 1982)
- Species Leptastacus euryhalinus Krishnaswamy, 1957 accepted as Cerconeotes euryhalinus (Krishnaswamy, 1957)
- Species Leptastacus incurvatus Lang, 1965 accepted as Sextonis incurvatus (Lang, 1965)
- Species Leptastacus japonicus Itô, 1968 accepted as Cerconeotes japonicus (Itô, 1968)
- Species Leptastacus jenneri Lindgren, 1975 accepted as Cerconeotes jenneri (Lindgren, 1975)
- Species Leptastacus laminaserrata Mielke, 1985 accepted as Sextonis laminaserratus (Mielke, 1985)
- Species Leptastacus mehuinensis Mielke, 1985 accepted as Sextonis mehuinensis (Mielke, 1985)
- Species Leptastacus mozambicus Wells, 1967 accepted as Cerconeotes mozambicus (Wells, 1967)
- Species Leptastacus naylori McLachlan & Moore, 1978 accepted as Sextonis naylori (McLachlan & Moore, 1978)
- Species Leptastacus nichollsi Krishnaswamy, 1951 accepted as Cerconeotes nichollsi (Krishnaswamy, 1951)
- Species Leptastacus operculatus Masry, 1970 accepted as Stereoxiphos operculatus (Masry, 1970)
- Species Leptastacus rostratus Nicholls, 1939 accepted as Schizothrix rostrata (Nicholls, 1939)
- Species Leptastacus spinicaudatus (Scott T. & Scott A., 1895) accepted as Paraleptastacus spinicaudus (Scott T. & Scott A., 1895) accepted as Paraleptastacus spinicauda (Scott T. & Scott A., 1895)
- Species Leptastacus taurica Marinov, 1974 accepted as Schizothrix pontica (Griga, 1963) (synonym according to Huys, 1992)
- Species Leptastacus waltairensis Rao & Ganapati, 1969 accepted as Cerconeotes waltairensis (Rao & Ganapati, 1969)
- Species Leptastacus christelleae Bodiou & Colomines, 1989 (uncertain, species incertae sedis according to Huys (1992))
- Species Leptastacus minutus Chappuis, 1954 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Leptastacus wieseri Chappuis, 1958 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Scott, T. (1906). LXII. Notes on British Copepoda: change of names. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 7(17):458-466, pl. 11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19245676
page(s): 461 [details]
page(s): 461 [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Leptastacus Scott T., 1906. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=115394 on 2025-03-31
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Scott, T. (1906). LXII. Notes on British Copepoda: change of names. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 7(17):458-466, pl. 11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19245676
page(s): 461 [details]
basis of record Huys, R. (2001). Copepoda - Harpacticoida. <em>In: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds.) 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.</em> 50:268-280. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 461 [details]
basis of record Huys, R. (2001). Copepoda - Harpacticoida. <em>In: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds.) 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.</em> 50:268-280. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Lang, K. (1965). Copepoda Harpacticoida from the Californian Pacific coast. <em>Kungliga Svenska Vetensk-Akademiens Handlingar, Fjarde Serien. Almquist & Wiksell, Stockholm.</em> 10(2):1-560, figs. 1-303, pls. 1-6. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Huys, R. (1992). The amphiatlantic distribution of Leptastacus macronyx (T. Scott, 1892) (Copepoda: Harpacticoida): a paradigm of taxonomic confusion; and a cladistic approach to the classification of the Leptastacidae Lang, 1948. Mededelingen van de Koninklijke Academie voor Wetenschappen, Letteren en Schone Kunsten van Belgie 4:23-196, 52 figs. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Huys, R. (1992). The amphiatlantic distribution of Leptastacus macronyx (T. Scott, 1892) (Copepoda: Harpacticoida): a paradigm of taxonomic confusion; and a cladistic approach to the classification of the Leptastacidae Lang, 1948. Mededelingen van de Koninklijke Academie voor Wetenschappen, Letteren en Schone Kunsten van Belgie 4:23-196, 52 figs. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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