NARMS taxon details
Sapphirina metallina Dana, 1849-1852
129052 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129052)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Dana, J.D. (1853-1855). Crustacea. Part II. <em>In: United States Exploring Expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the command of Charles Wilkes. U. S. N., C. Sherman Printer, Philadelphia.</em> 14: 691-1618. [1855, folio atlas pls. 1-96.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40412910
page(s): 1242-1243 [details]
page(s): 1242-1243 [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Sapphirina metallina Dana, 1849-1852. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129052 on 2025-06-21
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Sapphirina metallina Dana, 1849-1852. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=129052 on 2025-06-21
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original description
Dana, J.D. (1853-1855). Crustacea. Part II. <em>In: United States Exploring Expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the command of Charles Wilkes. U. S. N., C. Sherman Printer, Philadelphia.</em> 14: 691-1618. [1855, folio atlas pls. 1-96.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40412910
page(s): 1242-1243 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Wilson, C. B. (1936). Plankton of the Bermuda Oceanographic Expeditions IV. Notes on Copepoda . Zoologica Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society , New York, 21(7): 89-93 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Dana, J.D. (1849-1852). Conspectus crustaceorum, quae in orbis terrarum circumnavigatione, Carolo Wilkes, e classe Reipublicae foederatae duce, lexit et descripsit Jacobus D. Dana. Pars II. <em>Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 2: 9-61. [Vol. II,. from May 1848-May 1852]. no figures or plates just verbal., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4481593#page/17/mode/1up [details]
basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <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. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Alameda de la Mora, G. (1980). Sistemática y distribución de los copépodos (Crustacea) del Golfo de Tehuantepec (México). [Sistemática y distribución de los copépodos (Crustacea) del Golfo de Tehuantepec (México).]. <em>Tesis Profesional, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónomo de México, Mexico City.</em> 397 pp. + 126 pls. [details] Available for editors
additional source Lozano-Soldevilla, F. (1991). Nota sobre la familia Sapphirinidae (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) en aguas de la Isla de El Hierro (Canarias). Boletín del Instituto Español de Oceanografía 7(1):171-178, fig. 1, tabs. 1-2. [details] Available for editors
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
additional source Chae, J. & S. Nishida. (1994). Integumental ultrastructure and color patterns in the iridescent copepods of the family Sapphirinidae (Copepoda: Poecilostomatoida). Marine Biology, Berlin 119(2):205-210, figs 1-4, tabs 1-2. (v.1994) [details] Available for editors
additional source Chae, J., K. Kita-Tsukamoto, S. Nishida & K. Ohwada. (1996). Chemical composition of the integumental reflecting platelets in the iridescent copepods of the family Sapphirinidae (Poecilostomatoida). Journal of Crustacean Biology 16(1):20-23. [details] Available for editors
additional source Chiba, T. (1956). Studies on the development and the systematics of Copepoda. Journal of the Shimonoseki College of Fisheries 6(1):1-90. (xi-1956). (In Japanese, English summary.) [details] Available for editors
additional source Scott, A. (1909). The Copepoda of the Siboga Expedition. Part I. Free-swimming, littoral and semi-parasitic Copepoda. <em>Siboga Expeditie, Monograph, Leiden.</em> 29:1-323, pls. 1-69., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2191407#page/11/mode/1up
page(s): 255 [details]
additional source Krishnaswamy, S. (1953). Pelagic Copepoda of the Madras coast. Journal of the Madras University, Series B 23(1):61-75, figs. 1-19. [details] Available for editors
additional source Lehnhofer, K. (1929). Copepoda 5: Sapphirina J.V. Thompson 1829 der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. Systematik und Verbreitung der Gattung. [Copepoda 5: Sapphirina J.V. Thompson 1829 of the German Deep Sea Expedition. Systematics and distribution of the genus.]. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition 'Valdivia'.</em> 22(5):267-345, figs. 1-68, tabs. a-c. (8-vii-1929). [details] Available for editors
additional source Lian, G.S. & J.M. Lin. (1978). Studies on the planktonic cyclopoid copepods of the South Yellow Sea and the East China Sea. <em>Oceanology, China.</em> 9:45-67, pls.1-8. [details] Available for editors
additional source Scott, T. (1894). Report on Entomostraca from the Gulf of Guinea, collected by John Rattray, B.Sc. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Series 2, Zoology.</em> 6(1):1-161, pls. 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8598493 [details]
additional source Suárez-Morales, E., J.W. Fleeger & P.A. Montagna. (2009). Free-living Copepoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder, D. L. & D.K. Camp [Eds]. Gulf of Mexico: origin, waters, and biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 1393 pp.</em> Chapter pagination: 841-869. [details] Available for editors
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
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
page(s): 1242-1243 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Wilson, C. B. (1936). Plankton of the Bermuda Oceanographic Expeditions IV. Notes on Copepoda . Zoologica Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society , New York, 21(7): 89-93 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Dana, J.D. (1849-1852). Conspectus crustaceorum, quae in orbis terrarum circumnavigatione, Carolo Wilkes, e classe Reipublicae foederatae duce, lexit et descripsit Jacobus D. Dana. Pars II. <em>Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 2: 9-61. [Vol. II,. from May 1848-May 1852]. no figures or plates just verbal., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4481593#page/17/mode/1up [details]
basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <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. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Alameda de la Mora, G. (1980). Sistemática y distribución de los copépodos (Crustacea) del Golfo de Tehuantepec (México). [Sistemática y distribución de los copépodos (Crustacea) del Golfo de Tehuantepec (México).]. <em>Tesis Profesional, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónomo de México, Mexico City.</em> 397 pp. + 126 pls. [details] Available for editors

additional source Lozano-Soldevilla, F. (1991). Nota sobre la familia Sapphirinidae (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) en aguas de la Isla de El Hierro (Canarias). Boletín del Instituto Español de Oceanografía 7(1):171-178, fig. 1, tabs. 1-2. [details] Available for editors

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

additional source Chae, J. & S. Nishida. (1994). Integumental ultrastructure and color patterns in the iridescent copepods of the family Sapphirinidae (Copepoda: Poecilostomatoida). Marine Biology, Berlin 119(2):205-210, figs 1-4, tabs 1-2. (v.1994) [details] Available for editors

additional source Chae, J., K. Kita-Tsukamoto, S. Nishida & K. Ohwada. (1996). Chemical composition of the integumental reflecting platelets in the iridescent copepods of the family Sapphirinidae (Poecilostomatoida). Journal of Crustacean Biology 16(1):20-23. [details] Available for editors

additional source Chiba, T. (1956). Studies on the development and the systematics of Copepoda. Journal of the Shimonoseki College of Fisheries 6(1):1-90. (xi-1956). (In Japanese, English summary.) [details] Available for editors

additional source Scott, A. (1909). The Copepoda of the Siboga Expedition. Part I. Free-swimming, littoral and semi-parasitic Copepoda. <em>Siboga Expeditie, Monograph, Leiden.</em> 29:1-323, pls. 1-69., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2191407#page/11/mode/1up
page(s): 255 [details]
additional source Krishnaswamy, S. (1953). Pelagic Copepoda of the Madras coast. Journal of the Madras University, Series B 23(1):61-75, figs. 1-19. [details] Available for editors

additional source Lehnhofer, K. (1929). Copepoda 5: Sapphirina J.V. Thompson 1829 der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. Systematik und Verbreitung der Gattung. [Copepoda 5: Sapphirina J.V. Thompson 1829 of the German Deep Sea Expedition. Systematics and distribution of the genus.]. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition 'Valdivia'.</em> 22(5):267-345, figs. 1-68, tabs. a-c. (8-vii-1929). [details] Available for editors

additional source Lian, G.S. & J.M. Lin. (1978). Studies on the planktonic cyclopoid copepods of the South Yellow Sea and the East China Sea. <em>Oceanology, China.</em> 9:45-67, pls.1-8. [details] Available for editors

additional source Scott, T. (1894). Report on Entomostraca from the Gulf of Guinea, collected by John Rattray, B.Sc. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Series 2, Zoology.</em> 6(1):1-161, pls. 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8598493 [details]
additional source Suárez-Morales, E., J.W. Fleeger & P.A. Montagna. (2009). Free-living Copepoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder, D. L. & D.K. Camp [Eds]. Gulf of Mexico: origin, waters, and biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 1393 pp.</em> Chapter pagination: 841-869. [details] Available for editors

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

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





Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list
To Barcode of Life (18 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sapphirina metallina)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (10 records)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (18 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sapphirina metallina)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (10 records)
To ITIS