Copepoda taxon details
Metis ignea ignea Philippi, 1843
116880 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:116880)
accepted
Subspecies
Metis ignea Philippi, 1843 represented as Metis ignea ignea Philippi, 1843
Ilyopsyllus coriaceus Brady & Robertson, 1873 · unaccepted (synonym)
Metis coriacea (Brady & Robertson, 1873) · unaccepted (synonym)
Metis ignea Philippi, 1843 · alternative representation
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. [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2021). World of Copepods database. Metis ignea ignea Philippi, 1843. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=116880 on 2026-05-13
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. [details]
original description (of Ilyopsyllus coriaceus 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 Metis ignea Philippi, 1843) 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. [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
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additional source Zaleha, K. (2008). A pictorial guide to some marine harpacticoid copepod of Malaysia. Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Terengganu. 122 pp. (ISBN 978-983-2888-66-6). [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Ilyopsyllus coriaceus 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 Metis ignea Philippi, 1843) 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. [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 Zaleha, K. (2008). A pictorial guide to some marine harpacticoid copepod of Malaysia. Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Terengganu. 122 pp. (ISBN 978-983-2888-66-6). [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Metis ignea Philippi, 1843)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Ilyopsyllus coriaceus Brady & Robertson, 1873)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Metis ignea) (from synonym Metis ignea Philippi, 1843)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Metis ignea Philippi, 1843)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Metis coriacea (Brady & Robertson, 1873))
To PESI (from synonym Metis ignea Philippi, 1843)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Ilyopsyllus coriaceus Brady & Robertson, 1873)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Metis ignea) (from synonym Metis ignea Philippi, 1843)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Metis ignea Philippi, 1843)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Metis coriacea (Brady & Robertson, 1873))
To PESI (from synonym Metis ignea Philippi, 1843)
From editor or global species database
