WoRMS taxon details
Sapphirina darwinii Haeckel, 1864
360445 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:360445)
accepted
Species
Cyanomma darwinii Haeckel, 1864 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sapphiridina darwinii (Haeckel, 1864) · unaccepted (synonym)
Sapphirina aureofurca Giesbrecht, 1891 · unaccepted (synonym according to Giesbrecht, 1892)
Sapphirina darwini Haeckel, 1864 · alternative representation
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Haeckel, E. (1864). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Corycaeiden. [Contributions to the knowledge of Corycaeids.]. <em>Jenaische Zeitschrift für Medicin und Naturwissenschaft.</em> 1:61-112, pls. 1-3. [details] 
(of Sapphiridina darwinii (Haeckel, 1864)) Haeckel, E. (1864). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Corycaeiden. [Contributions to the knowledge of Corycaeids.]. <em>Jenaische Zeitschrift für Medicin und Naturwissenschaft.</em> 1:61-112, pls. 1-3. [details]
(of Sapphiridina darwinii (Haeckel, 1864)) Haeckel, E. (1864). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Corycaeiden. [Contributions to the knowledge of Corycaeids.]. <em>Jenaische Zeitschrift für Medicin und Naturwissenschaft.</em> 1:61-112, pls. 1-3. [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Sapphirina darwinii Haeckel, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=360445 on 2025-12-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Haeckel, E. (1864). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Corycaeiden. [Contributions to the knowledge of Corycaeids.]. <em>Jenaische Zeitschrift für Medicin und Naturwissenschaft.</em> 1:61-112, pls. 1-3. [details]
original description (of Sapphirina aureofurca Giesbrecht, 1891) Giesbrecht, W. (1891). Elenco dei Copepodi pelagici raccolti dal Tenente di vascello Gaetano Chierchia durante il viaggio della R. Corvetta 'Vettor Pisani' negli anni 1882-1885 e dal Tenente di vascello Francesco Orsini nel Mar Rosso, nel 1884. [List of pelagic copepods collected by Lieutenant Gaetano Chierchia during the voyage of the Royal Corvette 'Vettor Pisani' in the years 1882-1885 and by Lieutenant Francesco Orsini in the Red Sea, in 1884.]. <em>Atti della Reale Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Classe di Scienze Fisiche Matematiche e Naturali Rendiconti.</em> (4)7 sem. 1: 474-482., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44535672 [details]
original description (of Sapphirina darwini Haeckel, 1864) Haeckel, E. (1864). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Corycaeiden. [Contributions to the knowledge of Corycaeids.]. <em>Jenaische Zeitschrift für Medicin und Naturwissenschaft.</em> 1:61-112, pls. 1-3. [details]
original description (of Sapphiridina darwinii (Haeckel, 1864)) Haeckel, E. (1864). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Corycaeiden. [Contributions to the knowledge of Corycaeids.]. <em>Jenaische Zeitschrift für Medicin und Naturwissenschaft.</em> 1:61-112, pls. 1-3. [details]
original description (of Cyanomma darwinii Haeckel, 1864) Haeckel, E. (1864). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Corycaeiden. [Contributions to the knowledge of Corycaeids.]. <em>Jenaische Zeitschrift für Medicin und Naturwissenschaft.</em> 1:61-112, pls. 1-3. [details]
original description (of Sapphirina aureofurca Giesbrecht, 1891) Giesbrecht, W. (1891). Elenco dei Copepodi pelagici raccolti dal Tenente di vascello Gaetano Chierchia durante il viaggio della R. Corvetta 'Vettor Pisani' negli anni 1882-1885 e dal Tenente di vascello Francesco Orsini nel Mar Rosso, nel 1884. [List of pelagic copepods collected by Lieutenant Gaetano Chierchia during the voyage of the Royal Corvette 'Vettor Pisani' in the years 1882-1885 and by Lieutenant Francesco Orsini in the Red Sea, in 1884.]. <em>Atti della Reale Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Classe di Scienze Fisiche Matematiche e Naturali Rendiconti.</em> (4)7 sem. 1: 474-482., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44535672 [details]
original description (of Sapphirina darwini Haeckel, 1864) Haeckel, E. (1864). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Corycaeiden. [Contributions to the knowledge of Corycaeids.]. <em>Jenaische Zeitschrift für Medicin und Naturwissenschaft.</em> 1:61-112, pls. 1-3. [details]
original description (of Sapphiridina darwinii (Haeckel, 1864)) Haeckel, E. (1864). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Corycaeiden. [Contributions to the knowledge of Corycaeids.]. <em>Jenaische Zeitschrift für Medicin und Naturwissenschaft.</em> 1:61-112, pls. 1-3. [details]
original description (of Cyanomma darwinii Haeckel, 1864) Haeckel, E. (1864). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Corycaeiden. [Contributions to the knowledge of Corycaeids.]. <em>Jenaische Zeitschrift für Medicin und Naturwissenschaft.</em> 1:61-112, pls. 1-3. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Brun, P., M.R. Payne & T. Kiørboe. (2017). A trait database for marine copepods. <em>Earth System Science Data.</em> 9(1):99-113., available online at https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-99-2017 [details] Available for editors 
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additional source
Crisafi, P. & J. Mazza. (1966). Revisione del genere Sapphirina J.V. Thompson, 1829. [Revision of the genus Sapphirina J.V. Thompson, 1829.]. <em>Atti della Società Peloritana di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali.</em> 12(3-4):561-618, figs. 1-33. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Chiba, T. (1953). Studies on the pelagic Copepoda from the Japan Sea. IV. On the genus Sapphirina Thompson, with the description of Sapphirina intestina male nov. and Sapphirina darwinii male nov. Special Publication of the Japan Sea Regional Fisheries Research Laboratory, 3rd Anniversary of Its Founding :15-20. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Chiba, T. (1953). Studies on the pelagic Copepoda from the Japan Sea. IV. On the genus Sapphirina Thompson, with the description of Sapphirina intestina male nov. and Sapphirina darwinii male nov. Special Publication of the Japan Sea Regional Fisheries Research Laboratory, 3rd Anniversary of Its Founding :15-20. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Validity Lehnhofer (1929, p.295) considers this form as a variation of Sapphirina opalina, position followed by Boxshall & Halsey (2004, p. 653).[details]
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list (from synonym Sapphirina darwini Haeckel, 1864)
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Sapphirina darwini Haeckel, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sapphirina darwinii)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Sapphirina darwini Haeckel, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Sapphirina darwini Haeckel, 1864)
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Sapphirina darwini Haeckel, 1864)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sapphirina darwinii)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Sapphirina darwini Haeckel, 1864)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Sapphirina darwini Haeckel, 1864)
