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 <small>Petkovski, 1955</small>
- Leptocaris armatus <small>Lang, 1965</small>
- Leptocaris azoricus <small>Kunz, 1983</small>
- Leptocaris biscayensis <small>(Noodt, 1955)</small>
- Leptocaris brevicornis <small>(van Douwe, 1905)</small>
- Leptocaris canariensis <small>Lang, 1965</small>
- Leptocaris doughertyi <small>Lang, 1965</small>
- Leptocaris echinatus <small>Fiers, 1986</small>
- Leptocaris elishevae <small>(Por, 1968)</small>
- Leptocaris glaber <small>Fiers, 1986</small>
- Leptocaris gurneyi <small>(Nicholls, 1944)</small>
- Leptocaris ignavus <small>(Noodt, 1953)</small>
- Leptocaris igneus <small>Cottarelli & Baldari, 1982</small>
- Leptocaris insularis <small>(Noodt, 1958)</small>
- Leptocaris islandica <small>Apostolov, 2007</small>
- Leptocaris itoi <small>Kunz, 1994</small>
- Leptocaris kunzi <small>Fleeger & Clark, 1980</small>
- Leptocaris mangalis <small>Por, 1983</small>
- Leptocaris marinus <small>(Por, 1964)</small>
- Leptocaris minima <small>(Noodt, 1958)</small>
- Leptocaris minimus <small>(Jakobi, 1954)</small>
- Leptocaris minutus <small>T. Scott, 1899</small>
- Leptocaris mucronatus <small>Fiers, 1986</small>
- Leptocaris noodti <small>Kunz, 1994</small>
- Leptocaris pori <small>Lang, 1965</small>
- Leptocaris ryukyuensis <small>Song et al., 2012</small>
- Leptocaris sibirica <small>Borutsky, 1952</small>
- Leptocaris stromatolicolus <small>Zamudio-Valdés & Reid, 1990</small>
- Leptocaris trisetosus <small>(Kunz, 1935)</small>
- Leptocaris vermiculatus <small>(Oliveira, 1957)</small>
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