WoRMS taxon details
Sapphirina ovatolanceolata Dana, 1849-1852
129055 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129055)
accepted
Species
Pyromma gegenbauri Haeckel, 1864 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sapphirina gegenbauri (Haeckel, 1864) · unaccepted (synonym according to Giesbrecht, 1892)
Sapphirina ovatolanceolata gemma Dana, 1849-1852 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling
Sapphirina ovatolanceolata-gemma Lehnhofer, 1929 · unaccepted (Incorrectly formed name: both...)
Incorrectly formed name: both species are treated as valid
- Subspecies Sapphirina ovatolanceolata gemma Dana, 1849-1852 accepted as Sapphirina ovatolanceolata Dana, 1849-1852 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling)
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): 1251 [details]
page(s): 1251 [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Sapphirina ovatolanceolata Dana, 1849-1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129055 on 2025-04-30
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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): 1251 [details]
original description (of Sapphirina ovatolanceolata gemma 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 [details]
original description (of Pyromma gegenbauri 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 ovatolanceolata-gemma Lehnhofer, 1929) 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
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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]
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): 1251 [details]
original description (of Sapphirina ovatolanceolata gemma 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 [details]
original description (of Pyromma gegenbauri 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 ovatolanceolata-gemma Lehnhofer, 1929) 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

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]
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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Other
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
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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 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
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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
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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
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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
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additional source Revis, N. & E.N. Okemwa. (1988). Additional records of species of copepods and their distribution in the coastal and inshore waters of Kenya. <em>Kenya Journal of Sciences, Series B.</em> 9(1-2):123-127. [details]
additional source Steuer, A. (1895). Sapphirinen des Mittelmeeres und der Adria. [Sapphires of the Mediterranean and the Adriatic.]. <em>Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe Wien. Berichte der Commission für Erforschung des Östlichen Mittelmeeres.</em> 62:149-176, pls. 1-4. [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
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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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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 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 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 Revis, N. & E.N. Okemwa. (1988). Additional records of species of copepods and their distribution in the coastal and inshore waters of Kenya. <em>Kenya Journal of Sciences, Series B.</em> 9(1-2):123-127. [details]
additional source Steuer, A. (1895). Sapphirinen des Mittelmeeres und der Adria. [Sapphires of the Mediterranean and the Adriatic.]. <em>Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe Wien. Berichte der Commission für Erforschung des Östlichen Mittelmeeres.</em> 62:149-176, pls. 1-4. [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






Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sapphirina ovatolanceolata)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (6 records)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sapphirina ovatolanceolata)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (6 records)
To ITIS