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Sapphirina iris Dana, 1849-1852

Sapphirina iris
Sapphirina iris

129049  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129049)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Copepoda (Class)
  7. Neocopepoda (Infraclass)
  8. Podoplea (Superorder)
  9. Cyclopoida (Order)
  10. Ergasilida (Suborder)
  11. Sapphirinidae (Family)
  12. Sapphirina (Genus)
  13. Sapphirina iris (Species)
accepted
Species
Sapphirina longifurca Scott A., 1909 · unaccepted (listed as synonym by Lehnhofer, 1929)
Sapphirina salpae Claus, 1859 · unaccepted (listed as synonym by Lehnhofer, 1929)
Sapphirina scalaris Fischer, 1860 · unaccepted (listed as synonym by Lehnhofer, 1929)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Dana, J.D. (1853-1855). Crustacea. Part II. 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. 14: 691-1618. [1855, folio atlas pls. 1-96.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40412910 [details] OpenAccess publication
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Sapphirina iris Dana, 1849-1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129049 on 2025-05-31
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Boxshall, Geoff
2024-06-03 13:10:14Z
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Walter, T. Chad
2024-06-06 10:58:37Z
changed
Walter, T. Chad

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Nomenclature

original description Dana, J.D. (1853-1855). Crustacea. Part II. 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. 14: 691-1618. [1855, folio atlas pls. 1-96.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40412910 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Sapphirina longifurca Scott A., 1909) Scott, A. (1909). The Copepoda of the Siboga Expedition. Part I. Free-swimming, littoral and semi-parasitic Copepoda. Siboga Expeditie, Monograph, Leiden. 29:1-323, pls. 1-69., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2191407#page/11/mode/1up
page(s): 259 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Sapphirina salpae Claus, 1859) Claus, C. (1859). Ueber das Auge der Sapphirinen und Pontelliden. [On the Eye of the Sapphirines and Pontellides.]. Archiv für Anatomie, Physiologie, und wissenschaftliche Medizin. 1859: 269-274. [details] 

original description (of Sapphirina scalaris Fischer, 1860) Fischer, S. (1860). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Entomostraceen. [Contributions to the knowledge of Entomostraca.]. Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch - Naturwissenschaftliche Abteilung. 8, Abt. 3:645-682, pls. 20-22., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16025063 [details] OpenAccess publication

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. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 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] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Ecology

ecology source Brun, P., M.R. Payne & T. Kiørboe. (2017). A trait database for marine copepods. Earth System Science Data. 9(1):99-113., available online at https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-99-2017 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

additional source Dana, J.D. (1849). Conspectus Crustaceorum quæ in orbis Terrarum circumnavigatione, Carolo Wilkes e classe Reipublicæ Fœderatæ Duce, lexit et descripsit. [An observation of the Crustacea which in circumnavigation of the globe, Charles Wilkes of the Navy of the Federal Republic, read and described]. The American Journal of Science and Arts. Second Series. 8(23): 276-285, 424-428., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27760802 [details] OpenAccess publication

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.]. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition 'Valdivia'. 22(5):267-345, figs. 1-68, tabs. a-c. (8-vii-1929). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Sars, G.O. (1921). An account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species: VII. Copepoda supplement. Bergens Museum: Norway. :93-120, Plates 65-76. (look up in IMIS) [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Gasca, R., E. Suárez-Morales & S.H.D. Haddock. (2015). Sapphirina iris Dana, 1849 and S. sinuicauda Brady, 1883 (Copepoda, Cyclopoida): Predators Of salps in Monterey Bay and the Gulf Of California. Crustaceana. 88(6):689-699., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/15685403-00003438 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
EMODnet BathymetrySource: EMODnet Bathymetry
Countries
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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 (16 publications) (from synonym Sapphirina salpae Claus, 1859)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) 
To PESI 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records) (from synonym Sapphirina longifurca Scott A., 1909)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (3 records) (from synonym Sapphirina salpae Claus, 1859)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (4 records) 
To ITIS
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Sapphirina iris from Sars, G.O. 1921
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