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Sapphirina gastrica Giesbrecht, 1891

129045 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129045)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Arthropoda
  4. Crustacea
  5. Multicrustacea
  6. Copepoda
  7. Neocopepoda
  8. Podoplea
  9. Cyclopoida
  10. Ergasilida
  11. Sapphirinidae
  12. Sapphirina
  13. Sapphirina gastrica
accepted
Species
Sapphirina Thompson J.V., 1829
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Giesbrecht, W. (1891). Elenco dei Copepodi pelagici raccolti dal Tenente di vascello Gaetano Chierchia durante il viaggio della R. Corvetta 'Vettor Pisani' negli anni 1882-1885 e dal Tenente di vascello Francesco Orsini nel Mar Rosso, nel 1884. [List of pelagic copepods collected by Lieutenant Gaetano Chierchia during the voyage of the Royal Corvette 'Vettor Pisani' in the years 1882-1885 and by Lieutenant Francesco Orsini in the Red Sea, in 1884.]. <em>Atti della Reale Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Classe di Scienze Fisiche Matematiche e Naturali Rendiconti.</em> (4)7 sem. 1: 474-482., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44535672 [details] OpenAccess publication
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Sapphirina gastrica Giesbrecht, 1891. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129045 on 2026-09-24
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Sapphirina gastrica Giesbrecht, 1891. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=129045 on 2026-09-24
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Boxshall, Geoff

original description Giesbrecht, W. (1891). Elenco dei Copepodi pelagici raccolti dal Tenente di vascello Gaetano Chierchia durante il viaggio della R. Corvetta 'Vettor Pisani' negli anni 1882-1885 e dal Tenente di vascello Francesco Orsini nel Mar Rosso, nel 1884. [List of pelagic copepods collected by Lieutenant Gaetano Chierchia during the voyage of the Royal Corvette 'Vettor Pisani' in the years 1882-1885 and by Lieutenant Francesco Orsini in the Red Sea, in 1884.]. <em>Atti della Reale Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Classe di Scienze Fisiche Matematiche e Naturali Rendiconti.</em> (4)7 sem. 1: 474-482., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44535672 [details] OpenAccess publication

context source (PeRMS) Ayón, P., M.I. Criales-Hernández, R. Schwamborn & H.J. Hirche. (2008). Zooplankton research off Peru: A review. <em>Progress in Oceanography.</em> 79(2-4):238-255., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2008.10.020 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

context source (Bermuda) Deevey, G.B. (1971). The annual cycle in quantity and composition of the zooplankton of the Sargasso Sea off Bermuda. 1. The upper 500 m. Limnology and Oceanography 16(2):219-240, figs. 1-17, tabs. 1-3. (iii-1971), available online at https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.1971.16.2.0219 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Chae, J. & S. Nishida. (1994). Integumental ultrastructure and color patterns in the iridescent copepods of the family Sapphirinidae (Copepoda: Poecilostomatoida). Marine Biology, Berlin 119(2):205-210, figs 1-4, tabs 1-2. (v.1994), available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00349558 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Chae, J. & S. Nishida. (1999). Spectral patterns of the iridescence in the males of Sapphirina (Copepoda: Poecilostomatoida). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 79(3):437-443. (vi.1999), available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315498000563 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Chae, J. & S. Nishida. (2004). Swimming behaviour and photoresponses of the iridescent copepods, Sapphirina gastrica and Sapphirina opalina (Copepoda: Poecilostomatoida). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 84(4):727-731., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315404009816h [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Chae, J., K. Kita-Tsukamoto, S. Nishida & K. Ohwada. (1996). Chemical composition of the integumental reflecting platelets in the iridescent copepods of the family Sapphirinidae (Poecilostomatoida). Journal of Crustacean Biology 16(1):20-23., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1548926 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Espinosa Gutiérrez, J.M. (2016). Composición, distribución espacio-temporal y abundancia de la familia Sapphirinidae (Copepoda Cyclopoida) de la región canaria. <em>Tesis Doctoral, Universidad de La Laguna, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.</em> 217 pp. [In Spanish]. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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.]. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition 'Valdivia'.</em> 22(5):267-345, figs. 1-68, tabs. a-c. (8-vii-1929). [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Lian, G.S. & J.M. Lin. (1978). Studies on the planktonic cyclopoid copepods of the South Yellow Sea and the East China Sea. <em>Oceanology, China.</em> 9:45-67, pls.1-8. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Scott, A. (1909). The Copepoda of the Siboga Expedition. Part I. Free-swimming, littoral and semi-parasitic Copepoda. <em>Siboga Expeditie, Monograph, Leiden.</em> 29:1-323, pls. 1-69., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2191407#page/11/mode/1up
page(s): 255 [details] OpenAccess publication

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

ecology source Brun, P., M.R. Payne & T. Kiørboe. (2017). A trait database for marine copepods. <em>Earth System Science Data.</em> 9(1):99-113., available online at https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-99-2017 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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