title: Leptocaris
text: # 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)
  