MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Leptastacus Scott T., 1906

MSBIAS taxon details

Leptastacus Scott T., 1906

Leptastacus macronyx from Sars, G.O. 1911

AphiaID

115394 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:115394)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Leptastacus macronyx (Scott T., 1892) (type by original designation)

Parent

Leptastacidae Lang, 1948

Original name

Leptastacus Scott T., 1906

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Species Leptastacus kwintei Huys, 1992
Species Leptastacus laticaudatus Nicholls, 1935
Species Leptastacus macronyx (Scott T., 1892)
Species Leptastacus pygmaeus Huys, 1992
Species Leptastacus aberrans Chappuis, 1954 accepted as Archileptastacus aberrans (Chappuis, 1954)
Species Leptastacus rostratus Nicholls, 1939 accepted as Schizothrix rostrata (Nicholls, 1939)
Species Leptastacus taurica Marinov, 1974 accepted as Schizothrix pontica (Griga, 1963) (synonym according to Huys, 1992)
Species Leptastacus minutus Chappuis, 1954 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Scott, T. (1906). LXII. Notes on British Copepoda: change of names. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 7(17):458-466, pl. 11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19245676
page(s): 461 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Leptastacus Scott T., 1906. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025) Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=115394 on 2025-04-26

Regional species database citation

The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025). Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Leptastacus Scott T., 1906. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=115394 on 2025-04-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Huys, Rony

2008-08-06 13:32:15Z

changed

Walter, T. Chad

2015-07-13 11:03:02Z

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Walter, T. Chad

2024-06-24 11:04:34Z

changed

Walter, T. Chad

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original description Scott, T. (1906). LXII. Notes on British Copepoda: change of names. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 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. 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. 50:268-280. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Lang, K. (1965). Copepoda Harpacticoida from the Californian Pacific coast. Kungliga Svenska Vetensk-Akademiens Handlingar, Fjarde Serien. Almquist & Wiksell, Stockholm. 10(2):1-560, figs. 1-303, pls. 1-6. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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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3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Leptastacus

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Leptastacus macronyx from Sars, G.O. 1911

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