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Saphirella Scott T., 1894 
AphiaID: 196787

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Copepoda (Subclass) > Neocopepoda (Infraclass) > Podoplea (Superorder) > Poecilostomatoida (Order) > Clausidiidae (Family)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (consists of larval stages of other clausidiid genera)
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Clausidiidae Embleton, 1901
Rank Genus
Parent Clausidiidae Embleton, 1901
Synonymised
taxa
  Lanowia Oliveira, 1945 (synonym)
Sapphirella Bjornberg, 1963 (mis spell of original name)
Sources  basis of record: Revis, N. & E.N. Okemwa (1988). Additional records of species of copepods and their distribution in the coastal and inshore waters of Kenya. Kenya Journal of Sciences Series B 9: 123 - 127. [details]

basis of record: MASDEA (1997).  [details]

from synonym: Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. [details] [view taxon]

Direct child
taxa

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 Species Saphirella prowazeki (Oliveira, 1945)

Species Saphirella abyssicola Scott T., 1894 (temporary name, larva of clasidiid )
Species Saphirella enigmata Krishnaswamy, 1952 (temporary name, larva of clasidiid )
Species Saphirella indica Sewell, 1924 (temporary name, larva of clasidiid)
Species Saphirella nicobarica Sewell, 1949 (temporary name, larva of clasidiid)
Species Saphirella orientalis Smirnov, 1960 (temporary name, larva of clasidiid)
Species Saphirella tropica Wolfenden, 1906 (temporary name, larva of clasidiid)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Atlantic [details]
Kenya [details]
Pacific Ocean [details]
Links 3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Saphirella
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Saphirella
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196787
Taxonomic
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Date   action   by
2006-02-03 11:19:41Z  created  Appeltans, Ward
2008-06-23 15:23:06Z  changed  Boxshall, Geoff
  
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  Citation: Boxshall, G. (2013). Saphirella Scott T., 1894. In: Walter, T.C. & Boxshall, G. (2013). World of Copepods database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196787 on 2013-05-22
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