Copepoda name details
Saphirella Scott T., 1894
196787 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196787)
unaccepted (consists of larval stages of other clausidiid genera)
Genus
Saphirella abyssicola Scott T., 1894 (type by original designation)
Lanowia Oliveira, 1945 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sapphirella Bjornberg, 1963 · unaccepted (mis spell of original name)
- Species Saphirella prowazeki (Oliveira, 1945)
- Species Saphirella orientalis Smirnov, 1960 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, larva of clausidiid, Kos, 1960b listed in a table of neritic plankton from the marine provinces of eastern USSR and south Jurile Islands)
- Species Saphirella abyssicola Scott T., 1894 (uncertain > nomen dubium, larva of clausidiid)
- Species Saphirella enigmata Krishnaswamy, 1952 (uncertain > nomen dubium, larva of clausidiid)
- Species Saphirella indica Sewell, 1924 (uncertain > nomen dubium, larva of clausidiid)
- Species Saphirella nicobarica Sewell, 1949 (uncertain > nomen dubium, larva of clausidiid)
- Species Saphirella tropica Wolfenden, 1906 (uncertain > nomen dubium, larva of clausidiid)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Scott, T. (1894). Report on Entomostraca from the Gulf of Guinea, collected by John Rattray, B.Sc. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Series 2, Zoology.</em> 6(1):1-161, pls. 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8598493 [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Saphirella Scott T., 1894. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196787 on 2025-07-05
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original description
Scott, T. (1894). Report on Entomostraca from the Gulf of Guinea, collected by John Rattray, B.Sc. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Series 2, Zoology.</em> 6(1):1-161, pls. 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8598493 [details]
basis of record Revis, N. & E.N. Okemwa. (1988). Additional records of species of copepods and their distribution in the coastal and inshore waters of Kenya. <em>Kenya Journal of Sciences, Series B.</em> 9(1-2):123-127. [details]
additional source Saraswathy, M. (1967). Pelagic copepods from the inshore waters off Trivandrum coast. Proceedings of the Symposium on Crustacea, Ernakulam, 12-15 January 1965. Symposium Series, Marine Biological Association of India (2)1:74-106, figs. 1-11. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Vervoort, W. & F. Ramirez. (1966). Hemicyclops thalassius nov. spec. (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) from Mar del Plata, with revisionary notes on the family Clausidiidae. Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden 41(13):195-220, figs. 1-5. (27-vii-1966) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source MASDEA (1997). [details]
basis of record Revis, N. & E.N. Okemwa. (1988). Additional records of species of copepods and their distribution in the coastal and inshore waters of Kenya. <em>Kenya Journal of Sciences, Series B.</em> 9(1-2):123-127. [details]
additional source Saraswathy, M. (1967). Pelagic copepods from the inshore waters off Trivandrum coast. Proceedings of the Symposium on Crustacea, Ernakulam, 12-15 January 1965. Symposium Series, Marine Biological Association of India (2)1:74-106, figs. 1-11. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Vervoort, W. & F. Ramirez. (1966). Hemicyclops thalassius nov. spec. (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) from Mar del Plata, with revisionary notes on the family Clausidiidae. Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden 41(13):195-220, figs. 1-5. (27-vii-1966) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source MASDEA (1997). [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
