Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Harpacticoida > Family Metidae

Metis Philippi, 1843

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Abacola*	Edwards, 1891	synonym
*Ilyopsyllus*	Brady & Robertson, 1873	synonym

Children

Metis holothuriae (Edwards, 1891)
Metis 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	Steuer, A. (1937). Revision der Harpacticoiden-Gattung Metis Philippi. [Revision of the harpacticoid genus Metis Philippi.]. Note dell'Istituto Italo-Germanico di Biologia Marina di Rovigno d'Istria. 2(8):1-19, figs. 1-9, map 1.
additional source	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
additional source	Kanikulath, N.V., N..B. Sivasankaran, R. Radhakrishnan &V.F. Sanu [Neelima, Bijoy Nandan, Radhika]. (2022). Taxonomic Revision of Epiphytic Copepod Metis jousseaumei Richard, 1892 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Metidae) From Kavaratti Island Southeastern Arabian Sea. Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences. 38(2):1-15. Mar 2022.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Metis 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:115406

Dr. Peter van Helsdingen. Metis Philippi, 1843. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/f5baa5bb-7bce-407f-ac9c-95f7e49b1168