Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Harpacticoida > Family Metidae > Genus Metis

Metis holothuriae (Edwards, 1891)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Abacola Edwards, 1891

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Metis*	Philippi, 1843	accepted genus name
*Abacola*	Edwards, 1891	synonym
*Ilyopsyllus*	Brady & Robertson, 1873	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Huys, R. (2001). Copepoda - Harpacticoida. 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. 50:268-280.
additional source	Meyer, H.A. & S.S. Bell. (1989). Mouthparts of the marine harpacticoid copepod Metis holothuriae. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 108(4):414-418, figs. 1-7.
additional source	Goddard, M. (2003). Copepodos de pozas intermareales de Isla de Pascua. Tide pools copepods of Easter Island. Ciencia y Tecnologia del Mar 26(1): 45-72.
additional source	Vervoort, W. (1964). Free-living Copepoda from Ifaluk Atoll in the Caroline Islands with notes on related species. Bulletin. United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution: Washington, DC (USA). 236: 1-431.
additional source	Dussart, B.H. (1967). Les Copépodes des eaux continentales d'Europe occidentale. Tome I: Calanoïdes et Harpacticoïdes. [Copepods of the continental waters of Western Europe. Volume I: Calanoids and Harpacticoids.]. N. Boubée et Cie, Paris. 500 pp.
additional source	Suárez-Morales, E., J.W. Fleeger & P.A. Montagna. (2009). Free-living Copepoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico. 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. Chapter pagination: 841-869.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Metis holothuriae (Edwards, 1891). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:116379

Dr. Peter van Helsdingen. Metis holothuriae (Edwards, 1891). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/2cc85b74-2f74-45dc-970c-e1bb4ca91f72