Leptocaris brevicornis

About Leptocaris brevicornis

Leptocaris brevicornis is a harpacticoid copepod in the family Darcythompsoniidae. Its current scientific name is cited as Leptocaris brevicornis (van Douwe, 1905). Published Kauaʻi evidence documents the species from Kauaʻi. The cited evidence includes records dated or referenced to 1994. Evidence types include published occurrence. These records establish a documented Kauaʻi occurrence but are not automatically interpreted as a present-day abundance estimate. The documented Kauaʻi habitat context includes aquatic; source records Kauaʻi occurrence. For current-status context, historical Kauaʻi record; current persistence not reassessed. The available Kauaʻi evidence does not support adding island-specific claims about diet, reproduction, behavior, population size, or trend unless those points are stated in the cited sources, so they are not inferred here. Keeping the accepted taxonomic concept together with the dated occurrence evidence allows later surveys to distinguish historical documentation from contemporary status.