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 maculosa Giesbrecht, 1893

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Literature

original description	Giesbrecht, W. (1892-1893). Systematik und Faunistik der pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. Systematics and faunistics of the pelagic copepods of the Gulf of Naples and the adjacent marine areas. Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel und der Angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte, Herausgegeben von der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel. 19:1-831, pls. 1-54.[published in sections over 2 years, 1892-1893]].
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. (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).
additional source	Lozano-Soldevilla, F. (1991). Nota sobre la familia Sapphirinidae (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) en aguas de la Isla de El Hierro (Canarias). Boletín del Instituto Español de Oceanografía 7(1):171-178, fig. 1, tabs. 1-2.
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	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Steuer, A. (1895). Sapphirinen des Mittelmeeres und der Adria. [Sapphires of the Mediterranean and the Adriatic.]. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe Wien. Berichte der Commission für Erforschung des Östlichen Mittelmeeres. 62:149-176, pls. 1-4.
additional source	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.
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 maculosa Giesbrecht, 1893. 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:129051