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 opalina Dana, 1853-1855

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Literature

original description	Dana, J.D. (1853-1855). Crustacea. Part II. In: United States Exploring Expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the command of Charles Wilkes. U. S. N., C. Sherman Printer, Philadelphia. 14: 691-1618. [1855, folio atlas pls. 1-96.].
basis of record	Dana, J.D. (1849-1852). Conspectus crustaceorum, quae in orbis terrarum circumnavigatione, Carolo Wilkes, e classe Reipublicae foederatae duce, lexit et descripsit Jacobus D. Dana. Pars II. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 2: 9-61. [Vol. II,. from May 1848-May 1852]. no figures or plates just verbal.
additional source	Okemwa, E.N. (1992). A long-term sampling study of copepods across a tropical creek in Mombasa, Kenya. East African Agriculture and Forestry Journal. 57(4):199-215.
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.
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.
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	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	Santander, H., G. Luyo R., S. Carrasco, M. Véliz & O.S. de Castillo. (1981). Catalogo de zooplankton en el mar peruano. Primera Parte: Area Pisco-San Juan. [Catalog of zooplankton in the Peruvian sea. Part One: Pisco-San Juan area.]. Boletín del Instituto de Marina Peru. 6:1-75, pls. 1-30. (ix-1981).
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Alameda de la Mora, G. (1980). Sistemática y distribución de los copépodos (Crustacea) del Golfo de Tehuantepec (México). [Sistemática y distribución de los copépodos (Crustacea) del Golfo de Tehuantepec (México).]. Tesis Profesional, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónomo de México, Mexico City. 397 pp. + 126 pls.
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 opalina Dana, 1853-1855. 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:129054