WoRMS name details
Saphirella Scott T., 1894
196787 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196787)
unaccepted (consists of larval stages of other clausidiid genera)
Genus
Saphirella abyssicola Scott T., 1894 (type by original designation)
Lanowia Oliveira, 1945 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sapphirella Bjornberg, 1963 · unaccepted (mis spell of original name)
- Species Saphirella prowazeki (Oliveira, 1945)
- Species Saphirella abyssicola Scott T., 1894 (uncertain > nomen dubium, larva of clausidiid)
- Species Saphirella enigmata Krishnaswamy, 1952 (uncertain > nomen dubium, larva of clausidiid)
- Species Saphirella indica Sewell, 1924 (uncertain > nomen dubium, larva of clausidiid)
- Species Saphirella nicobarica Sewell, 1949 (uncertain > nomen dubium, larva of clausidiid)
- Species Saphirella tropica Wolfenden, 1906 (uncertain > nomen dubium, larva of clausidiid)
- Species Saphirella orientalis Smirnov, in Kos, 1960 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, larva of clausidiid, Kos, 1960b listed in a table of neritic plankton from the marine provinces of eastern USSR and south Jurile Islands)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Saphirella Scott T., 1894. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196787 on 2026-09-12
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Nomenclature
original description
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]
basis of record 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]
basis of record 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]
Other
additional source
Itoh, H. (2003). [Ecology of copepods of the genus Hemicyclops (Poecilostomatoida, Clausidiidae) in Tokyo Bay and the Tama-River estuary.]. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, The University of Tokyo.</em> 94 pp, (In Japanese). [details] Available for editors 
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additional source MASDEA (1997). [details]
additional source Saraswathy, M. (1967). Pelagic copepods from the inshore waters off Trivandrum coast. Proceedings of the Symposium on Crustacea, Ernakulam, 12-15 January 1965. Symposium Series, Marine Biological Association of India (2)1:74-106, figs. 1-11. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Vervoort, W. & F. Ramirez. (1966). Hemicyclops thalassius nov. spec. (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) from Mar del Plata, with revisionary notes on the family Clausidiidae. Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden 41(13):195-220, figs. 1-5. (27-vii-1966) [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source MASDEA (1997). [details]
additional source Saraswathy, M. (1967). Pelagic copepods from the inshore waters off Trivandrum coast. Proceedings of the Symposium on Crustacea, Ernakulam, 12-15 January 1965. Symposium Series, Marine Biological Association of India (2)1:74-106, figs. 1-11. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Vervoort, W. & F. Ramirez. (1966). Hemicyclops thalassius nov. spec. (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) from Mar del Plata, with revisionary notes on the family Clausidiidae. Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden 41(13):195-220, figs. 1-5. (27-vii-1966) [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
