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 Sapphirina

Sapphirina darwinii Haeckel, 1864

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sapphirina*	Thompson J.V., 1829	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Sapphirina darwini*	Haeckel, 1864	synonym; alternate representation

Literature

original description	Haeckel, E. (1864). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Corycaeiden. [Contributions to the knowledge of Corycaeids.]. Jenaische Zeitschrift für Medicin und Naturwissenschaft. 1:61-112, pls. 1-3.
additional source	Crisafi, P. & J. Mazza. (1966). Revisione del genere Sapphirina J.V. Thompson, 1829. [Revision of the genus Sapphirina J.V. Thompson, 1829.]. Atti della Società Peloritana di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali. 12(3-4):561-618, figs. 1-33.
additional source	Chiba, T. (1953). Studies on the pelagic Copepoda from the Japan Sea. IV. On the genus Sapphirina Thompson, with the description of Sapphirina intestina male nov. and Sapphirina darwinii male nov. Special Publication of the Japan Sea Regional Fisheries Research Laboratory, 3rd Anniversary of Its Founding :15-20.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
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. Sapphirina darwinii Haeckel, 1864. 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:360445