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Leptocythere Sars, 1925

127637  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127637)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Oligostraca (Superclass)
  6. Ostracoda (Class)
  7. Podocopa (Subclass)
  8. Podocopida (Order)
  9. Cytherocopina (Suborder)
  10. Cytheroidea (Superfamily)
  11. Leptocytheridae (Family)
  12. Leptocythere (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Cytheridea (Leptocythere) Sars, 1925 · unaccepted (accepted at genus level)
Leptocythera Sars, 1925 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling

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  1. Subgenus Leptocythere (Leptocythere) Sars, 1925
    1. Species Leptocythere (Leptocythere) pellucida (Baird, 1850) Sars, 1925 represented as Leptocythere pellucida (Baird, 1850) (superseded combination)
    2. Species Leptocythere (Leptocythere) rara (Müller, 1894) represented as Leptocythere rara (Müller, 1894)
  2. Species Leptocythere abjecta Schornikov, 1966
  3. Species Leptocythere aegea Barbeito-Gonzalez, 1971
  4. Species Leptocythere angusta Blake, 1933
  5. Species Leptocythere bacescoi (Rome, 1942)
  6. Species Leptocythere baltica Klie, 1929
  7. Species Leptocythere bardnalensis Popkhadze, 1984
  8. Species Leptocythere bituberculata Scheremeta, 1961 †
  9. Species Leptocythere castanea (Sars, 1866)
  10. Species Leptocythere ciliata Hartmann, 1957
  11. Species Leptocythere cleopatrae Bonaduce, Ruggieri, Russo & Bismuth, 1992 †
  12. Species Leptocythere comica Olteanu, 1976 †
  13. Species Leptocythere confusa (Brady & Norman, 1889)
  14. Species Leptocythere corallicola Hartmann, 1978
  15. Species Leptocythere corallicolamagna Yassini & Jones, 1995
  16. Species Leptocythere cornubiensis Maybury & Whatley, 1980 †
  17. Species Leptocythere crepidula Ruggieri, 1950
  18. Species Leptocythere crucifera Hartmann, 1953
  19. Species Leptocythere culpata Witte, 1993
  20. Species Leptocythere cymbula (Lyvental, 1961)
  21. Species Leptocythere darbyi Keyser, 1975
  22. Species Leptocythere darwini Whatley, Moguilevsky, Toy, Chadwick & Ramos, 1997
  23. Species Leptocythere devexa Schornikov,
  24. Species Leptocythere devexa Schornikov, 1966
  25. Species Leptocythere discrepans (Müller, 1894) Kruit, 1955
  26. Species Leptocythere domurati Kontrovitz, 1978
  27. Species Leptocythere dwarfia Hu & Tao, 2008
  28. Species Leptocythere elegans
  29. Species Leptocythere elegantula Maybury & Whatley, 1980 †
  30. Species Leptocythere fabaeformis (Müller, 1894)
  31. Species Leptocythere fastigata Ahmad, Neale & Siddiqui, 1991 †
  32. Species Leptocythere favata Hu, 1986 †
  33. Species Leptocythere festiva Bonaduce, Ruggieri, Russo & Bismuth, 1992 †
  34. Species Leptocythere foveata Hartmann, 1953
  35. Species Leptocythere foveolata Moyes, 1965 †
  36. Species Leptocythere gerryi Bonaduce, Masoli, Minichelli & Pugliese, 1980
  37. Species Leptocythere golnarae Yassini, 1980 †
  38. Species Leptocythere gracilis Kingma, 1948
  39. Species Leptocythere gratiosa Olteanu, 1976 †
  40. Species Leptocythere hartmanni (Mckenzie, 1967)
  41. Species Leptocythere histriana Caraion, 1964
  42. Species Leptocythere histriane Caraion, 1964
  43. Species Leptocythere imlayi Swain & Peterson, 1951 †
  44. Species Leptocythere insculpta Ciampo, 1984 †
  45. Species Leptocythere intima Olteanu, 1976 †
  46. Species Leptocythere invicta Olteanu, 1976 †
  47. Species Leptocythere jiaoweiensis Guan, 1978 †
  48. Species Leptocythere johnnealei Bonaduce, Ruggieri, Russo & Bismuth, 1992 †
  49. Species Leptocythere klutinensis Forester & Brouwers, 1985
  50. Species Leptocythere lacertosa (Hirschmann, 1912)
  51. Species Leptocythere lacustris McKenzie, Reyment & Reyment, 1990
  52. Species Leptocythere lagunae Hartmann, 1958
  53. Species Leptocythere levis (Müller, 1894)
  54. Species Leptocythere lopatica Schornikov,
  55. Species Leptocythere macallana (Brady & Robertson, 1869)
  56. Species Leptocythere macella Ruggieri, 1975
  57. Species Leptocythere maculata Hu, 1986 †
  58. Species Leptocythere major Hartmann
  59. Species Leptocythere maxima Maybury & Whatley, 1980 †
  60. Species Leptocythere mediorientalis Ruggieri, 1984
  61. Species Leptocythere mellitica Ruggieri, 1950
  62. Species Leptocythere micra (Rome, 1942) Rome, 1965
  63. Species Leptocythere muellerfabaeformis Puri, 1963
  64. Species Leptocythere multipunctata (Seguenza, 1883)
  65. Species Leptocythere nikraveshae Morales, 1966
  66. Species Leptocythere nitida Schornikov,
  67. Species Leptocythere nitida Schornikov, 1966
  68. Species Leptocythere nuda Carbonnel, 1969 †
  69. Species Leptocythere ochracea (Brady, 1890)
  70. Species Leptocythere oculta Olteanu, 1976 †
  71. Species Leptocythere omnireticulata Aruta, 1983 †
  72. Species Leptocythere paralagunae Maybury & Whatley, 1980 †
  73. Species Leptocythere parapetiti Schornikov, 1966
  74. Species Leptocythere patagonica Hartmann, 1962
  75. Species Leptocythere pediformis Schornikov, 1966
  76. Species Leptocythere pellucida (Baird, 1850)
  77. Species Leptocythere pentagonalis Carbonnel, 1969 †
  78. Species Leptocythere platyformis Maybury & Whatley, 1980 †
  79. Species Leptocythere plauta Guan, 1978 †
  80. Species Leptocythere pliocenica Maybury & Whatley, 1980 †
  81. Species Leptocythere polymorpha Schornikov, 1974
  82. Species Leptocythere porcellanea (Brady, 1869) Horne & Whittaker, 1985
  83. Species Leptocythere propinqua (Sars, 1869) Sars, 1925
  84. Species Leptocythere psammophila Guillaume, 1976
  85. Species Leptocythere punctatella Bonaduce, Masoli & Pugliese, 1977
  86. Species Leptocythere punctiderma Bonaduce, Ruggieri, Russo & Bismuth, 1992 †
  87. Species Leptocythere quebecensis Cronin, 1981 †
  88. Species Leptocythere quinquetuberculata (Schw.)
  89. Species Leptocythere ramosa (Rome, 1942)
  90. Species Leptocythere rara (Müller, 1894)
  91. Species Leptocythere rarepunctata (Seguenza, 1880) Ascoli, 1965 †
  92. Species Leptocythere redempta Bonaduce, Ruggieri, Russo & Bismuth, 1992 †
  93. Species Leptocythere relicta Schornikov,
  94. Species Leptocythere reproba Olteanu, 1976 †
  95. Species Leptocythere reticulata Sars, 1925
  96. Species Leptocythere romanica Caraion, 1967
  97. Species Leptocythere sainterthensis Maybury & Whatley, 1980 †
  98. Species Leptocythere sanmarinensis Ruggieri, 1967 †
  99. Species Leptocythere santacruzensis Whatley, Moguilevsky, Toy, Chadwick & Ramos, 1997
  100. Species Leptocythere serpens Bonaduce, Ruggieri, Russo & Bismuth, 1992 †
  101. Species Leptocythere steynewoodensis Penney, 1990 †
  102. Species Leptocythere striatocostata (Schw.)
  103. Species Leptocythere swansoni Hartmann, 1982
  104. Species Leptocythere tenera (Brady, 1868) Sars, 1925
  105. Species Leptocythere tenuis (Reuss, 1850) Cernajsek, 1974 †
  106. Species Leptocythere tersanni Carbonnel, 1969 †
  107. Species Leptocythere tjornesensis Cronin, 1991
  108. Species Leptocythere togata Bonaduce, Ruggieri, Russo & Bismuth, 1992 †
  109. Species Leptocythere transiens (Pucci, 1956) †
  110. Species Leptocythere vellicata (Brady, 1880)
  111. Species Leptocythere ventriclivosa Chen in Hou, Chen, Yang, Ho, Zhou & Tian, 1982
  112. Species Leptocythere whittakeri Maybury & Whatley, 1980 †
  113. Subgenus Leptocythere (Callistocythere) Ruggieri, 1953 accepted as Callistocythere Ruggieri, 1953 (Subgenus raised to genus level)
    1. Species Leptocythere (Callistocythere) abjecta Schornikov, 1966 †
    2. Species Leptocythere (Callistocythere) diffusa (Müller, 1894) Schornikov, 1966
    3. Species Leptocythere (Callistocythere) arenicola Hartmann, 1964 accepted as Chartocythere arenicola (Hartmann, 1964) (new combination)
    4. Species Leptocythere (Callistocythere) flavidofusca (Ruggieri, 1950) accepted as Callistocythere flavidofusca (Ruggieri, 1950) Kurc, 1961 (superseded recombination)
    5. Species Leptocythere (Callistocythere) littoralis (Müller, 1894) accepted as Sagmatocythere littoralis (Müller, 1894) (superseded recombination)
    6. Species Leptocythere (Callistocythere) mediterranea (Müller, 1894) accepted as Sagmatocythere mediterranea (Müller, 1894) (superseded combination)
    7. Species Leptocythere (Callistocythere) pallida (Müller, 1894) accepted as Callistocythere pallida (Müller, 1894) (superseded recombination)
    8. Species Leptocythere (Callistocythere) rastrifera Ruggieri, 1953 accepted as Callistocythere (Rastrocythere) rastrifera (Ruggieri, 1953) Ruggieri, 1992 (superseded original combination)
  114. Species Leptocythere arenicola (Hartmann, 1964) accepted as Chartocythere arenicola (Hartmann, 1964) (superseded recombination)
  115. Species Leptocythere badia (Norman, 1862) Ruggieri, 1952 accepted as Callistocythere badia (Norman, 1862) (superseded combination)
  116. Species Leptocythere canaliculata (Reuss, 1850) † accepted as Callistocythere canaliculata (Reuss, 1850) Kollmann, 1960 † (superseded recombination)
  117. Species Leptocythere costata Hartmann, 1956 accepted as Callistocythere costata (Hartmann, 1956) (superseded original combination)
  118. Species Leptocythere cranekeyensis Puri, 1960 accepted as Callistocythere cranekeyensis (Puri, 1960) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  119. Species Leptocythere craterigera (Rome, 1942) Reys, 1961 accepted as Callistocythere craterigera (Rome, 1942) Rome, 1965 (superseded recombination)
  120. Species Leptocythere daedalea (Reuss, 1850) Apostolescu, Deroo & Grekoff, 1958 † accepted as Callistocythere daedalea (Reuss, 1850) Mckenzie et al., 1979 † (superseded combination)
  121. Species Leptocythere demissa (Brady, 1868) accepted as Keijia demissa (Brady, 1868) (superseded combination)
  122. Species Leptocythere flavidofusca Ruggieri, 1950 accepted as Callistocythere flavidofusca (Ruggieri, 1950) Kurc, 1961 (new combination)
  123. Species Leptocythere foveoreticulata (Mckenzie & Sudijono, 1981) † accepted as Ishizakiella foveoreticulata Mckenzie & Sudijono, 1981 † (unaccepted > superseded combination, The type species of a genus cannot be transferred to another genus, unless the type material of both genera is studied and both genera are then considered synonymous. Therefore, this combination, proposed by Whatley (1987), is herein considered invalid.)
  124. Species Leptocythere hangyongensis Lee, 1990 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  125. Species Leptocythere hoptonensis (Brady, Crosskey & Robertson, 1874) † accepted as Thaerocythere (Notopleura) hoptonensis (Brady, Crosskey & Robertson, 1874) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  126. Species Leptocythere inconspicua (Brady, 1880) accepted as Kotoracythere inconspicua (Brady, 1880) (superseded combination)
  127. Species Leptocythere kaiata Hornibrook, 1953 † accepted as Callistocythere kaiata (Hornibrook, 1953) Hornibrook, 1968 † (superseded original combination)
  128. Species Leptocythere keiji Hartmann, 1978 accepted as Callistocythere keiji (Hartmann, 1978) Mckenzie & Pickett, 1984 (superseded original combination)
  129. Species Leptocythere kellettae Ruggieri, 1976 † accepted as  † (new combination)
  130. Species Leptocythere littoralis (Müller, 1894) Ruggieri, 1950 accepted as Sagmatocythere littoralis (Müller, 1894) (superseded combination)
  131. Species Leptocythere mediterranea (Müller, 1894) Dubowsky, 1939 accepted as Sagmatocythere mediterranea (Müller, 1894) (superseded recombination)
  132. Species Leptocythere moseleyi (Brady, 1880) accepted as Callistocythere moseleyi (Brady, 1880) (superseded recombination)
  133. Species Leptocythere murrayana (Brady, 1880) accepted as Callistocythere murrayana (Brady, 1880) (superseded recombination)
  134. Species Leptocythere ornata Hartmann, 1956 accepted as Callistocythere ornata (Hartmann, 1956) (superseded original combination)
  135. Species Leptocythere pallida (Müller, 1894) accepted as Callistocythere pallida (Müller, 1894) (superseded recombination)
  136. Species Leptocythere pavonia (Brady, 1866) accepted as Loculicytheretta pavonia (Brady, 1866) (superseded recombination)
  137. Species Leptocythere petiti Hartmann, 1953 accepted as (superseded original combination)
  138. Species Leptocythere pulchra Zhao (Yi-Chun) & Whatley, 1989 accepted as Paratanella pulchra (Zhao (Yi-Chun) & Whatley, 1989) (superseded original combination)
  139. Species Leptocythere rastrifera (Ruggieri, 1953) Ascoli, 1965 accepted as Callistocythere (Rastrocythere) rastrifera (Ruggieri, 1953) Ruggieri, 1992 (superseded combination)
  140. Species Leptocythere yoni Puri, 1960 accepted as Caribbella yoni (Puri, 1960) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  141. Species Leptocythere diffusa (Müller, 1894) represented as Leptocythere (Callistocythere) diffusa (Müller, 1894) Schornikov, 1966
  142. Species Leptocythere lobiancoi (Mueller, 1912) Klie, 1942 represented as (superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Not documented
Brandão, S.N.; Antonietto, L.S; Nery, D.G.; Pereira, J.S.; Praxedes, R.A.; Santos, S.G.; Karanovic, I. (2025). World Ostracoda Database. Leptocythere Sars, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127637 on 2025-04-04
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Horne, David
2006-09-14 06:45:32Z
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Martinez, Olga
2009-11-24 08:56:40Z
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Decock, Wim
2010-02-26 19:31:58Z
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Brandão, Simone Nunes
2014-08-13 08:10:14Z
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Brandão, Simone Nunes
2014-08-13 09:29:31Z
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Brandão, Simone Nunes

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Nomenclature

original description (of Leptocythera Sars, 1925) Sars, G.O. (1925). Cypridæ (concluded), Cytheridæ (part). In: Sars, G.O. (ed.) Ostracoda. Bergen, Bergen Museum, An Account of the Crustacea of Norway. 9(IX-X):137-176. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

replacement name source Sars, G.O. (1928). Ostracoda. An Account of the Crustacea of Norway. 9:1–277. (look up in IMIS) [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Horne, D.J.; Bruce, A.; Whittaker, J.E. (2001). Ostracoda, 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. 244-251 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Other

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details] 

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
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