Leptocaris
# 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)
