WoRMS taxon details
Leptocheirus Zaddach, 1844
101470 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101470)
accepted
Genus
Leptocheirus pilosus Zaddach, 1844 (type by original designation)
Ptilocheirus Stimpson, 1853 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Leptocheirus alboranensis Ortiz & Jimeno, 2006
- Species Leptocheirus bispinosus Norman, 1908
- Species Leptocheirus dufresni Ledoyer, 1982
- Species Leptocheirus guttatus (Grube, 1864)
- Species Leptocheirus hirsutimanus (Spence Bate & Westwood, 1862)
- Species Leptocheirus longimanus Ledoyer, 1973
- Species Leptocheirus makassarensis Ortiz & Lalana, 1997
- Species Leptocheirus mariae Karaman, 1973
- Species Leptocheirus pectinatus (Norman, 1869)
- Species Leptocheirus pilosus Zaddach, 1844
- Species Leptocheirus pinguis (Stimpson, 1853)
- Species Leptocheirus plumulosus Shoemaker, 1932
- Species Leptocheirus rhizophorae Ortiz & Lalana, 1980
- Species Leptocheirus spinicoxa Valério-Berardo & Wakabara, 2003
- Species Leptocheirus tricristatus (Chevreux, 1887)
- Species Leptocheirus cornuaurei Sowinsky, 1898 accepted as Leptocheirus pilosus Zaddach, 1844
- Species Leptocheirus fasciatus (Kroyer, 1842) sensu A. Costa, 1864 accepted as Leptocheirus pectinatus (Norman, 1869) (unaccepted > misapplication)
- Species Leptocheirus fimbriata Spence Bate, 1863 accepted as Leptocheirus pinguis (Stimpson, 1853) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Leptocheirus massiliensis (Catta, 1875) accepted as Leptocheirus hirsutimanus (Spence Bate & Westwood, 1862)
- Species Leptocheirus pilosus Zaddach, 1844 sensu Sars, 1894 accepted as Leptocheirus hirsutimanus (Spence Bate & Westwood, 1862) (unaccepted > misapplication)
- Species Leptocheirus pinguis (Spence Bate, 1863) accepted as Leptocheirus pinguis (Stimpson, 1853) (unaccepted > junior homonym)
- Species Leptocheirus subsalsus Norman, 1908 accepted as Leptocheirus pilosus Zaddach, 1844 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Leptocheirus typica (Malm, 1871) accepted as Leptocheirus hirsutimanus (Spence Bate & Westwood, 1862) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine
Zaddach, E. G. (1844). Synopseos Crustaceorum Prussicorum Prodromus. [Synopsis of Prussian Crustaceans Prodromus.]. <em>Dissertatio Zoologica, quam Scripsit et ex Auctoritate Amplissimi Phiposophorum Ordinis in Academia Albertina pro Facultate Docendi [Zoological Dissertation, which he Wrote with the Authority of the Ample Phiposophore Order in the Albertine Academy for the Faculty of Teaching] , Regiomonti: E.J. Daljowski.</em> viii + 39 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11825149 [details] 
Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Copilas-Ciocianu, D.; Corbari, L.; Costello, M.J.; Daneliya, M.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Fišer, C.; Gasca, R.; Grabowski, M.; Guerra-García, J.M.; Hendrycks, E.; Hughes, L.; Jaume, D.; Jazdzewski, K.; Kim, Y.-H.; King, R.; Krapp-Schickel, T.; LeCroy, S.; Lörz, A.-N.; Mamos, T.; Senna, A.R.; Serejo, C.; Souza-Filho, J.F.; Tandberg, A.H.; Thomas, J.D.; Thurston, M.; Vader, W.; Väinölä, R.; Valls Domedel, G.; Vonk, R.; White, K.; Zeidler, W. (2025). World Amphipoda Database. Leptocheirus Zaddach, 1844. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101470 on 2025-05-19
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Nomenclature
original description
Zaddach, E. G. (1844). Synopseos Crustaceorum Prussicorum Prodromus. [Synopsis of Prussian Crustaceans Prodromus.]. <em>Dissertatio Zoologica, quam Scripsit et ex Auctoritate Amplissimi Phiposophorum Ordinis in Academia Albertina pro Facultate Docendi [Zoological Dissertation, which he Wrote with the Authority of the Ample Phiposophore Order in the Albertine Academy for the Faculty of Teaching] , Regiomonti: E.J. Daljowski.</em> viii + 39 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11825149 [details] 
original description (of Ptilocheirus Stimpson, 1853) Stimpson, W. (1853). Synopsis of the marine Invertebrata of Grand Manan: or the region about the mouth of the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge.</em> 6: 1-66, pls. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32536624
page(s): 55 [details]
basis of record Bellan-Santini, D.; Costello, M.J. (2001). Amphipoda. <em>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.</em> Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 295-308. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Ptilocheirus Stimpson, 1853) Stimpson, W. (1853). Synopsis of the marine Invertebrata of Grand Manan: or the region about the mouth of the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge.</em> 6: 1-66, pls. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32536624
page(s): 55 [details]
basis of record Bellan-Santini, D.; Costello, M.J. (2001). Amphipoda. <em>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.</em> Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 295-308. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Myers A.A. & Lowry J.K. (2003). A phylogeny and a new classification of the Corophiidea Leach, 1814 (Amphipoda). Journal of Crustacean Biology, 23: 443-485. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1651/0278-0372(2003)023[0443:APAANC]2.0.CO;2 [details] Available for editors
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Other
additional source
Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France.</em> 463 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 
additional source Sexton, E. W. (1911). On the amphipod genus Leptocheirus. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1911 (2): 561-594., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31570247 [details]
additional source Sexton, E. W. (1911). On the amphipod genus Leptocheirus. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1911 (2): 561-594., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31570247 [details]



