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 ignea Philippi, 1843

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Children

Metis ignea ignea Philippi, 1843

Literature

original description	Philippi, A. (1843). Fernere Beobachtungen uber die Copepoden des Mittelmeeres. [Further observations on the copepods of the Mediterranean.]. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte. 9(1):54-71, pls. 3-4.
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	Chinchilla, M. & F.A. Comin. (1977). Contribution al coneixement dels crustacis del delta de l'Ebre. [A contribution to the study of the crustaceans of the Ebre Delta.]. In: Els sistemes naturals del delta de l'Ebre, Treballs de la Institució Catalana d'Història Natural. 8:119-144, pls.1-10, maps 1-2.
additional source	Dahms, H.U. (1988). Postembryonic development of Harpacticoida (Crustacea, Copepoda) and its significance for the reconstruction of phylogenetic relationships. Ph.D. Thesis, Universität Oldenburg. 280 pp.
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	Philippi, A. (1843). Fernere Beobachtungen uber die Copepoden des Mittelmeeres. [Further observations on the copepods of the Mediterranean.]. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte. 9(1):54-71, pls. 3-4.
additional source	Mordukhai-Boltovskoy, F.D., ed. (1969). Rakoobraznye. (Crustacea). Opredetel' fauny Chernogo i Azovskogo more, 2. Svobodnozhivushchie bespozvonochnye. [Crustacea. Identification key to the fauna of the Black and Azov Seas, 2. Freeliving invertebrates.]. Institut Biologii Yuzh'nykh Morei, Akademiya Nauk USSR, Naukova Dumka, Kiev. 536 pp. (In Russian.).
additional source	Bodin, P. (1997). Catalogue of the new marine Harpacticoid Copepods. Studiedocumenten van het K.B.I.N. = Documents de Travail de l'I.R.Sc.N.B., 89. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 89: 1-304.
additional source	Apostolov, A. & T.M. Marinov. (1988). Copepoda Harpacticoida (morski kharpaktikoidi). Copepoda, Harpacticoida (marine harpacticoids). Fauna Bulgarica, Fauna Bolgarii. Izd. B'lg. Akad. Nauk, in Aedibus Academiae Scientiarum Bulgaricae, Sofia. Scient. Bulgaricae, Sofia. 18:1-384. (Bulgarian.).
additional source	Monard, A. (1935). Les Harpacticoides marins de la region de Salammbo. Bulletin de la Station Oceanographique Salammbo. 34: 1-94, figs. 1-145.
additional source	Demeulenaere, B. (1991). Marine phytal harpacticoida from Kenya: with empasis on seagrass dwelling species. MSc. Thesis in Fundamental and Applied Marine Ecology. 49 pp.
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).

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Metis ignea Philippi, 1843. 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:116380

Dr. Peter van Helsdingen. Metis ignea Philippi, 1843. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/beae43a0-0a77-43a9-a003-7b62810df5c5