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Metis holothuriae (Edwards, 1891)

116379 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:116379)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Arthropoda
  4. Crustacea
  5. Multicrustacea
  6. Copepoda
  7. Neocopepoda
  8. Podoplea
  9. Harpacticoida
  10. Metidae
  11. Metis
  12. Metis holothuriae
accepted
Species
Metis Philippi, 1843
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Edwards, C.L. (1891). Beschreibung einiger neuen Copepoden und eines neuen copepodenähnlichen Krebses, Leuckartella paradoxa. [Description of some new copepods and a new copepod-like crustacean, Leuckartella paradoxa.]. <em>Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, Inaugural-Dissertation einer Hohen Philosophischen Faultat der Universität Leipzig, Berlin.</em> 57(1):75-104. Pls. 3-5.
page(s): 92 [details] OpenAccess publication
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2021). World of Copepods Database. Metis holothuriae (Edwards, 1891). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=116379 on 2026-08-17
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Metis holothuriae (Edwards, 1891). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=116379 on 2026-08-17
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Huys, Rony

original description (of ) Edwards, C.L. (1891). Beschreibung einiger neuen Copepoden und eines neuen copepodenähnlichen Krebses, Leuckartella paradoxa. [Description of some new copepods and a new copepod-like crustacean, Leuckartella paradoxa.]. <em>Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, Inaugural-Dissertation einer Hohen Philosophischen Faultat der Universität Leipzig, Berlin.</em> 57(1):75-104. Pls. 3-5.
page(s): 92 [details] OpenAccess publication

context source (Bermuda) Willey, A. (1935). Harpacticoid Copepoda from Bermuda.—Part II. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 15(85): 50-100., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933508654944 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

basis of record Huys, R. (2001). Copepoda - Harpacticoida. <em>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.</em> 50:268-280. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Dussart, B.H. (1967). Les Copépodes des eaux continentales d'Europe occidentale. Tome I: Calanoïdes et Harpacticoïdes. [Copepods of the continental waters of Western Europe. Volume I: Calanoids and Harpacticoids.]. <em>N. Boubée et Cie, Paris.</em> 500 pp.
page(s): 200 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Goddard, M. (2003). Copepodos de pozas intermareales de Isla de Pascua. [Tide pools copepods of Easter Island.]. <em>Ciencia y Tecnologia del Mar.</em> 26(1): 45-72. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Meyer, H.A. & S.S. Bell. (1989). Response of harpacticoid copepods to detrital accumulation on seagrass blades: a field experiment with Metis holothuriae (Edwards). <em>Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.</em> 132(2):141-149., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-0981(89)90220-7 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Meyer, H.A. & S.S. Bell. (1989). Mouthparts of the marine harpacticoid copepod Metis holothuriae. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 108(4):414-418, figs. 1-7., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3226273 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Vervoort, W. (1964). Free-living Copepoda from Ifaluk Atoll in the Caroline Islands with notes on related species. <em>Bulletin. United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution: Washington, DC (USA).</em> 236: 1-431. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.236.1 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Meyer, H.A. (1990). Ecology of the harpacticoid copepod Metis holothuriae (Edwards): Population structure, detrital relationships, and synchronization of recruitment. Ph.D. Thesis, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, U.S.A. 121 pp. [details] 

additional source Suárez-Morales, E., J.W. Fleeger & P.A. Montagna. (2009). Free-living Copepoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>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.</em> Chapter pagination: 841-869. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Gilby, B.L., D.D. Burfeind & I.R. Tibbetts. (2012). Better red than dead? Potential aposematism in a harpacticoid copepod, Metis holothuriae. <em>Marine Environmental Research.</em> 74:73-76., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2011.12.001 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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