Copepoda taxon details
Metis Philippi, 1843
115406 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:115406)
accepted
Genus
Metis ignea Philippi, 1843 represented as Metis ignea ignea Philippi, 1843 (type by original designation)
Abacola Edwards, 1891 · unaccepted (synonym)
Carazzoides Grandori in Carazzi & Grandori, 1912 · unaccepted
Ilyopsyllus Brady & Robertson, 1873 · unaccepted (synonym)
Parametis Labbé, 1927 · unaccepted (synonym)
Rubeus Grandori in Carazzi & Grandori, 1912 · unaccepted (synonym)
Thoracosphaera Krichagin, 1873 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Metis affinis (Scott T., 1894)
- Species Metis galapagoensis Mielke, 1989
- Species Metis holothuriae (Edwards, 1891)
- Species Metis inflata (Krichagin, 1873)
- Species Metis jousseaumei (Richard, 1892)
- Subspecies Metis jousseaumei major Sewell, 1940
- Subspecies Metis jousseaumei minor Sewell, 1940
- Species Metis natans (Williams, 1907)
- Species Metis pallida Gurney, 1927
- Species Metis reducta Fiers, 1992
- Species Metis sanguinea (Labbé, 1927)
- Species Metis sarsi (Sharpe, 1910)
- Species Metis veneta (Grandori in Carazzi & Grandori, 1912)
- Species Metis angulata (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > nomen nudum, this species was never described as Metis by Linnaeus, Tellina angulata Linnaeus, 1767 [Mollusca])
- Species Metis coriacea (Brady & Robertson, 1873) accepted as Metis ignea Philippi, 1843 represented as Metis ignea ignea Philippi, 1843 (synonym)
- Species Metis ignea Philippi, 1843 represented as Metis ignea ignea Philippi, 1843
- Subspecies Metis ignea halmyricola Marcus & Por, 1961
- Subspecies Metis ignea ignea Philippi, 1843
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Philippi, A. (1843). Fernere Beobachtungen uber die Copepoden des Mittelmeeres. [Further observations on the copepods of the Mediterranean.]. <em>Archiv fur Naturgeschichte.</em> 9(1):54-71, pls. 3-4.
page(s): 59 [details]
page(s): 59 [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2021). World of Copepods Database. Metis Philippi, 1843. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=115406 on 2025-05-27
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original description
Philippi, A. (1843). Fernere Beobachtungen uber die Copepoden des Mittelmeeres. [Further observations on the copepods of the Mediterranean.]. <em>Archiv fur Naturgeschichte.</em> 9(1):54-71, pls. 3-4.
page(s): 59 [details]
original description (of Abacola Edwards, 1891) Edwards, C.L. (1891). Beschreibung einiger neuen Copepoden und eines neuen copepodenähnlichen Krebses, Leuckartella paradoxa. [Description of some new copepods and a new copepod-like crustacean, Leuckartella paradoxa.]. <em>Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, Inaugural-Dissertation einer Hohen Philosophischen Faultat der Universität Leipzig, Berlin.</em> 57(1):75-104. Pls. 3-5. [details]
original description (of Carazzoides Grandori in Carazzi & Grandori, 1912) Grandori, R. (1912). 1. Due nuove specie di Copepodi. [1. Two new species of Copepoda.]. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 39(3):97-111, figs. 1-30. (30-i-1912). [details]
original description (of Ilyopsyllus Brady & Robertson, 1873) Brady, G.S. & D. Robertson. (1873). Contributions to the study of the Entomostraca. No. VIII. On marine Copepoda taken in the west of Ireland. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4)12:126-142, pls. 8-9. (viii-1873)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/58932#/summary
page(s): 132 [details]
original description (of Parametis Labbé, 1927) Labbé, A. (1927). Contributions à l'étude de allélogénèse. III-memoire. l'Histoire naturelle des copépodes des Marais Salants du Croisic. Essai de phylogénie expérimentale. [Contributions to the study of allelogenesis. III-memoir. The natural history of copepods of the salt marshes of Croisic. Essay on experimental phylogeny.]. <em>Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale.</em> 66(4):135-290. (iii-1927). [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Rubeus Grandori in Carazzi & Grandori, 1912) Carazzi, D. & R. Grandori. (1912). Ricerche sul placton della Laguna Veneta. [Research on plankton in the Venetian Lagoon.]. <em>Univesrita Padova.</em> III-VII: 1-64. [details]
original description (of Thoracosphaera Krichagin, 1873) Krichagin, N.A. (1873). Materialy dlya fauny vostochnogo berega Chernago Morya. (Materialen zur Fauna der östlichen Küste des Schwarzen Meeres). [Contributions to the knowledge of fauna of the eastern shore of the Black Sea: Copepoda. Report on the faunal studies made at the eastern shores of the Black Sea in summer 1872 on behalf of the Kiev Society of Naturalists.]. <em>In: Otchet o faunisticheskikh' isslodovaniya, proizvedennykh' letom' 1872 goda, po porucheniyu Kievskago obshchestva estestvois'pytatelei na vostochnykh beregakh Chernogo morya., Zapiski Kiyevskago Obshchestva Estestvoispytatelei.</em> 3(3):370-429, pls. 10-14. [details]
basis of record Huys, R. (2001). Copepoda - Harpacticoida. <em>In: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds.) 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.</em> 50:268-280. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kanikulath, N.V., N..B. Sivasankaran, R. Radhakrishnan &V.F. Sanu [Neelima, Bijoy Nandan, Radhika]. (2022). Taxonomic Revision of Epiphytic Copepod Metis jousseaumei Richard, 1892 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Metidae) From Kavaratti Island Southeastern Arabian Sea. <em>Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences.</em> 38(2):1-15. Mar 2022., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s41208-022-00417-5 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bodin, P. (1997). Catalogue of the new marine Harpacticoid Copepods. <em>Studiedocumenten van het K.B.I.N. = Documents de Travail de l'I.R.Sc.N.B., 89. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium.</em> 89: 1-304. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 59 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Steuer, A. (1937). Revision der Harpacticoiden-Gattung Metis Philippi. [Revision of the harpacticoid genus Metis Philippi.]. <em>Note dell'Istituto Italo-Germanico di Biologia Marina di Rovigno d'Istria.</em> 2(8):1-19, figs. 1-9, map 1. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 59 [details]
original description (of Abacola Edwards, 1891) Edwards, C.L. (1891). Beschreibung einiger neuen Copepoden und eines neuen copepodenähnlichen Krebses, Leuckartella paradoxa. [Description of some new copepods and a new copepod-like crustacean, Leuckartella paradoxa.]. <em>Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, Inaugural-Dissertation einer Hohen Philosophischen Faultat der Universität Leipzig, Berlin.</em> 57(1):75-104. Pls. 3-5. [details]
original description (of Carazzoides Grandori in Carazzi & Grandori, 1912) Grandori, R. (1912). 1. Due nuove specie di Copepodi. [1. Two new species of Copepoda.]. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 39(3):97-111, figs. 1-30. (30-i-1912). [details]
original description (of Ilyopsyllus Brady & Robertson, 1873) Brady, G.S. & D. Robertson. (1873). Contributions to the study of the Entomostraca. No. VIII. On marine Copepoda taken in the west of Ireland. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4)12:126-142, pls. 8-9. (viii-1873)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/58932#/summary
page(s): 132 [details]
original description (of Parametis Labbé, 1927) Labbé, A. (1927). Contributions à l'étude de allélogénèse. III-memoire. l'Histoire naturelle des copépodes des Marais Salants du Croisic. Essai de phylogénie expérimentale. [Contributions to the study of allelogenesis. III-memoir. The natural history of copepods of the salt marshes of Croisic. Essay on experimental phylogeny.]. <em>Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale.</em> 66(4):135-290. (iii-1927). [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Rubeus Grandori in Carazzi & Grandori, 1912) Carazzi, D. & R. Grandori. (1912). Ricerche sul placton della Laguna Veneta. [Research on plankton in the Venetian Lagoon.]. <em>Univesrita Padova.</em> III-VII: 1-64. [details]
original description (of Thoracosphaera Krichagin, 1873) Krichagin, N.A. (1873). Materialy dlya fauny vostochnogo berega Chernago Morya. (Materialen zur Fauna der östlichen Küste des Schwarzen Meeres). [Contributions to the knowledge of fauna of the eastern shore of the Black Sea: Copepoda. Report on the faunal studies made at the eastern shores of the Black Sea in summer 1872 on behalf of the Kiev Society of Naturalists.]. <em>In: Otchet o faunisticheskikh' isslodovaniya, proizvedennykh' letom' 1872 goda, po porucheniyu Kievskago obshchestva estestvois'pytatelei na vostochnykh beregakh Chernogo morya., Zapiski Kiyevskago Obshchestva Estestvoispytatelei.</em> 3(3):370-429, pls. 10-14. [details]
basis of record Huys, R. (2001). Copepoda - Harpacticoida. <em>In: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds.) 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.</em> 50:268-280. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kanikulath, N.V., N..B. Sivasankaran, R. Radhakrishnan &V.F. Sanu [Neelima, Bijoy Nandan, Radhika]. (2022). Taxonomic Revision of Epiphytic Copepod Metis jousseaumei Richard, 1892 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Metidae) From Kavaratti Island Southeastern Arabian Sea. <em>Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences.</em> 38(2):1-15. Mar 2022., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s41208-022-00417-5 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bodin, P. (1997). Catalogue of the new marine Harpacticoid Copepods. <em>Studiedocumenten van het K.B.I.N. = Documents de Travail de l'I.R.Sc.N.B., 89. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium.</em> 89: 1-304. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 59 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Steuer, A. (1937). Revision der Harpacticoiden-Gattung Metis Philippi. [Revision of the harpacticoid genus Metis Philippi.]. <em>Note dell'Istituto Italo-Germanico di Biologia Marina di Rovigno d'Istria.</em> 2(8):1-19, figs. 1-9, map 1. [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ボウズソコミジンコ属 | [details] |
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Abacola 
(from synonym Abacola Edwards, 1891)
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Ilyopsyllus (from synonym Ilyopsyllus Brady & Robertson, 1873)
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Metis
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Parametis (from synonym Parametis Labbé, 1927)
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Rubeus (from synonym Rubeus Grandori in Carazzi & Grandori, 1912)
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Thoracosphaera (from synonym Thoracosphaera Krichagin, 1873)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Metis)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Metis)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Thoracosphaera) (from synonym Thoracosphaera Krichagin, 1873)
To ITIS
(from synonym Abacola Edwards, 1891)3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Ilyopsyllus
(from synonym Ilyopsyllus Brady & Robertson, 1873)3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Metis
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Parametis
(from synonym Parametis Labbé, 1927)3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Rubeus
(from synonym Rubeus Grandori in Carazzi & Grandori, 1912)3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Thoracosphaera
(from synonym Thoracosphaera Krichagin, 1873)To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Metis)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Metis)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Thoracosphaera) (from synonym Thoracosphaera Krichagin, 1873)
To ITIS
