Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Cyclopoida > Suborder Ergasilida > Family Sapphirinidae > Genus Copilia

Copilia lata Giesbrecht, 1891

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Copilia*	Dana, 1849-1852	accepted genus name
*Hyalophyllum*	Haeckel, 1864	synonym
*Saphirinella*	Claus, 1863	synonym

Literature

original description	Giesbrecht, W. (1891). Elenco dei Copepodi pelagici raccolti dal Tenente di vascello Gaetano Chierchia durante il viaggio della R. Corvetta 'Vettor Pisani' negli anni 1882-1885 e dal Tenente di vascello Francesco Orsini nel Mar Rosso, nel 1884. [List of pelagic copepods collected by Lieutenant Gaetano Chierchia during the voyage of the Royal Corvette 'Vettor Pisani' in the years 1882-1885 and by Lieutenant Francesco Orsini in the Red Sea, in 1884.]. Atti della Reale Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Classe di Scienze Fisiche Matematiche e Naturali Rendiconti. (4)7 sem. 1: 474-482.
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
additional source	Lehnhofer, K. (1926). Copepoda : Copilia Dana 1849 2 der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition, Systematik und Verbreitung der Gattung. [Copepoda: Copilia Dana 1849 2 of the German Deep Sea Expedition, systematics and distribution of the genus. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition 'Valdivia'. 23(1):115-177, figs. 1-35, tabs. a-o.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Lian, G.S. & J.M. Lin. (1978). Studies on the planktonic cyclopoid copepods of the South Yellow Sea and the East China Sea. Oceanology, China. 9:45-67, pls.1-8.
ecology source	Brun, P., M.R. Payne & T. Kiørboe. (2017). A trait database for marine copepods. Earth System Science Data. 9(1):99-113.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Copilia lata Giesbrecht, 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:129036