WoRMS taxon details
Leontocaris Stebbing, 1905
106990 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106990)
accepted
Genus
Leontocaris paulsoni Stebbing, 1905 (type by monotypy)
Problemacaris Stebbing, 1921 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Leontocaris alexander Poore, 2009
- Species Leontocaris amplectipes Bruce, 1990
- Species Leontocaris bulga Taylor & Poore, 1998
- Species Leontocaris lar Kemp, 1906
- Species Leontocaris pacifica Zarenkov, 1976
- Species Leontocaris paulsoni Stebbing, 1905
- Species Leontocaris smarensis Cardoso & Fransen, 2012
- Species Leontocaris vanderlandi Fransen, 2001
- Species Leontocaris yarramundi Taylor & Poore, 1998
- Species Leontocaris pacificus Zarenkov, 1976 accepted as Leontocaris pacifica Zarenkov, 1976 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Stebbing, T.R.R. (1905). South African Crustacea. Part III. <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa, Cape Town.</em> 4: 21-123, pls. 17-26. [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Leontocaris Stebbing, 1905. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106990 on 2025-05-20
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Nomenclature
original description
Stebbing, T.R.R. (1905). South African Crustacea. Part III. <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa, Cape Town.</em> 4: 21-123, pls. 17-26. [details]
original description (of Problemacaris Stebbing, 1921) Stebbing, T. R. R. (1921). Preliminary account of supposed new genus and species.— The Annals and. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 9.</em> 8: 626. [details]
basis of record Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Problemacaris Stebbing, 1921) Stebbing, T. R. R. (1921). Preliminary account of supposed new genus and species.— The Annals and. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 9.</em> 8: 626. [details]
basis of record Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
