Canadian Register of Marine Species

CaRMS taxon details

Leucon Krøyer, 1846

AphiaID

110414 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:110414)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Leuconidae Sars, 1878

Direct children (13)

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Subgenus Leucon (Alytoleucon)
1. Species Leucon (Alytoleucon) pallidus G.O. Sars, 1865
Subgenus Leucon (Leucon)
1. Species Leucon (Leucon) acutirostris G.O. Sars, 1865
2. Species Leucon (Leucon) americanus Zimmer, 1943
3. Species Leucon (Leucon) fulvus Sars, 1865
4. Species Leucon (Leucon) nasica (Krøyer, 1841)
5. Species Leucon (Leucon) nasicoides Liljeborg, 1855
Species Leucon acutirostris G.O. Sars, 1865 represented as Leucon (Leucon) acutirostris G.O. Sars, 1865
Species Leucon fulvus G.O. Sars, 1865 represented as Leucon (Leucon) fulvus Sars, 1865
Species Leucon nasica (Krøyer, 1841) represented as Leucon (Leucon) nasica (Krøyer, 1841)
Species Leucon nasicoides Liljeborg, 1855 represented as Leucon (Leucon) nasicoides Liljeborg, 1855
Species Leucon pallidus G.O. Sars, 1865 represented as Leucon (Alytoleucon) pallidus G.O. Sars, 1865

Environment

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

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Watling, L.; Gerken, S. (2025). World Cumacea Database. Leucon Krøyer, 1846. Accessed through: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=110414 on 2026-08-07

Regional species database citation

Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2026). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Leucon Krøyer, 1846. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=110414 on 2026-08-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Watling, Les

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basis of record Watling, L. (2001). Cumacea, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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: pp. 308-310 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Zimmer, C. (1933). Cumacea. The fauna of the North Sea and Baltic, 23(10.g4). Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft: Leipzig, Germany. 70-120 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

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Language	Name
Japanese	シロクーマ属	[details]

To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leucon)
To The Arctic Traits Database (7 traits)
To ITIS