Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Phyllocarida

Leptostraca Claus, 1880

Rank: Order
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Nebaliacea Calman, 1904

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: leptostracans

Japanese: 薄甲目

Literature

original description	Claus, C. (1880). Grundzüge der Zoologie, zum wissenschaftlichen gebrauche [fourth edition]. [Principles of Zoology, for scientific use [fourth edition]]. N.G. Elwert'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Marburg. 1: 1-822. [Copepoda :543-560].
basis of record	Brusca, R.C.; Brusca, G.J. (1990). Invertebrates. Sinauer Associates: Sunderland, MA (USA). ISBN 0-87893-098-1. 922 pp.
additional source	Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA). 124 pp.
additional source	Walker-Smith G.K. & Poore G.C.B. (2001). A phylogeny of the Leptostraca (Crustacea) with keys to families and genera. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 58(2): 383-410.

Genbank

Citation

Mees, J.; Meland, K.; Väinölä, R. (Eds) (2012 onwards). World List of Lophogastrida, Stygiomysida and Mysida. Leptostraca. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146996