WoRMS taxon details
Sapphirina opalina Dana, 1853-1855
129054 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129054)
accepted
Species
Carcinium opalinum Meyen, 1834 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sapphiridina pachygaster Claus, 1886 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sapphirina pachygaster Claus, 1863 · unaccepted (synonym according to Giesbrecht, 1892)
Sapphirina thompsoni Lubbock, 1860 · unaccepted (synonym according to Giesbrecht, 1892)
Sapphirina versicolor Dana, 1849-1852 · unaccepted (synonym according to Giesbrecht, 1892)
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): 1254 [details]
page(s): 1254 [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Sapphirina opalina Dana, 1853-1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129054 on 2025-05-04
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Nomenclature
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): 1254 [details]
original description (of Sapphirina pachygaster Claus, 1863) Claus, C. (1863). Die frei lebenden Copepoden mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Fauna Deutschlands, der Nordsee und des Mittelmeeres. [The free-living copepods with special consideration of the fauna of Germany, the North Sea and the Mediterranean.]. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 230 pp., pls. 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11820384 [details]
original description (of Sapphirina thompsoni Lubbock, 1860) Lubbock, J. (1860-1862). On some oceanic Entomostraca collected by Captain Toynbee. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 23(1):173-191, pl. 29. [ this paper is include in the volume date of 1862]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1860.tb00129.x [details]
original description (of Sapphirina versicolor Dana, 1849-1852) 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): 1255-1256 [details]
original description (of Sapphiridina pachygaster Claus, 1886) Claus, C. (1886). Neue Beiträge zur Morphologie der Crustaceen. [New contributions to the morphology of crustaceans.]. <em>Arbeiten aus dem Zoologischen Institute der Universität Wien und der Zoologischen Station in Triest.</em> 6: 1-108, 7pls. [1885]. [details]
original description (of Carcinium opalinum Meyen, 1834) Meyen, F.J.F. (1834). Beiträge zur Zoologie gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erde, von Dr F.J.F. Meyen. V. Über das Leuchten des Meeres und Beschreibung einiger Polypen und anderer niederer Tiere. <em>Verhandlungen den Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Akademie der Naturforscher.</em> 16 (suppl. 1): 125-216., available online at https://books.google.ch/books?id=mHNPAAAAYAAJ&hl=de&pg=PA125#v=onepage&q&f=false, https://archive.org/details/darwin-online_1832-35_Meyen_A923/page/n315/mode/2up [details]
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]
page(s): 1254 [details]
original description (of Sapphirina pachygaster Claus, 1863) Claus, C. (1863). Die frei lebenden Copepoden mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Fauna Deutschlands, der Nordsee und des Mittelmeeres. [The free-living copepods with special consideration of the fauna of Germany, the North Sea and the Mediterranean.]. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 230 pp., pls. 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11820384 [details]
original description (of Sapphirina thompsoni Lubbock, 1860) Lubbock, J. (1860-1862). On some oceanic Entomostraca collected by Captain Toynbee. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 23(1):173-191, pl. 29. [ this paper is include in the volume date of 1862]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1860.tb00129.x [details]
original description (of Sapphirina versicolor Dana, 1849-1852) 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): 1255-1256 [details]
original description (of Sapphiridina pachygaster Claus, 1886) Claus, C. (1886). Neue Beiträge zur Morphologie der Crustaceen. [New contributions to the morphology of crustaceans.]. <em>Arbeiten aus dem Zoologischen Institute der Universität Wien und der Zoologischen Station in Triest.</em> 6: 1-108, 7pls. [1885]. [details]
original description (of Carcinium opalinum Meyen, 1834) Meyen, F.J.F. (1834). Beiträge zur Zoologie gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erde, von Dr F.J.F. Meyen. V. Über das Leuchten des Meeres und Beschreibung einiger Polypen und anderer niederer Tiere. <em>Verhandlungen den Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Akademie der Naturforscher.</em> 16 (suppl. 1): 125-216., available online at https://books.google.ch/books?id=mHNPAAAAYAAJ&hl=de&pg=PA125#v=onepage&q&f=false, https://archive.org/details/darwin-online_1832-35_Meyen_A923/page/n315/mode/2up [details]
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]
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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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) Deevey, G.B. & A.L. Brooks. (1977). Copepods of the Sargasso Sea off Bermuda: species composition, and vertical and seasonal distribution between the surface and 2000 m. Bulletin of Marine Science 27(2):256-291, figs. 1-14, tabs. 1-7. (iv-1977) [details] Available for editors [request]
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 [request]
additional source Santander, H., G. Luyo R., S. Carrasco, M. Véliz & O.S. de Castillo. (1981). Catalogo de zooplankton en el mar peruano. Primera Parte: Area Pisco-San Juan. [Catalog of zooplankton in the Peruvian sea. Part One: Pisco-San Juan area.]. <em>Boletín del Instituto de Marina Peru.</em> 6:1-75, pls. 1-30. (ix-1981). [details] Available for editors [request]
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 [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]
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): 257 [details]
additional source Okemwa, E.N. (1992). A long-term sampling study of copepods across a tropical creek in Mombasa, Kenya. <em>East African Agriculture and Forestry Journal.</em> 57(4):199-215. [details] Available for editors [request]
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 [request]
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]
context source (Bermuda) Deevey, G.B. & A.L. Brooks. (1977). Copepods of the Sargasso Sea off Bermuda: species composition, and vertical and seasonal distribution between the surface and 2000 m. Bulletin of Marine Science 27(2):256-291, figs. 1-14, tabs. 1-7. (iv-1977) [details] Available for editors
[request]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
[request]additional source Santander, H., G. Luyo R., S. Carrasco, M. Véliz & O.S. de Castillo. (1981). Catalogo de zooplankton en el mar peruano. Primera Parte: Area Pisco-San Juan. [Catalog of zooplankton in the Peruvian sea. Part One: Pisco-San Juan area.]. <em>Boletín del Instituto de Marina Peru.</em> 6:1-75, pls. 1-30. (ix-1981). [details] Available for editors
[request]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
[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]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): 257 [details]
additional source Okemwa, E.N. (1992). A long-term sampling study of copepods across a tropical creek in Mombasa, Kenya. <em>East African Agriculture and Forestry Journal.</em> 57(4):199-215. [details] Available for editors
[request]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
[request]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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list
To Barcode of Life (14 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sapphirina opalina)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (12 records)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (14 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sapphirina opalina)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (12 records)
To ITIS
