Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Maxillopoda > Subclass Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Poecilostomatoida > Family Sapphirinidae > Genus Sapphirina

Sapphirina nigromaculata Claus, 1863

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sapphirina*	Thompson J., 1829	accepted genus name

Literature

basis of record	Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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: pp. 252-268
additional source	Revis, N. & E.N. Okemwa (1988). Additional records of species of copepods and their distribution in the coastal and inshore waters of Kenya. Kenya Journal of Sciences Series B 9: 123 - 127.
additional source	Suárez-Morales, E., J. W. Fleeger, and P. A. Montagna. 2009. Free-Living Copepoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 841–869 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Statio

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Copepod Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Boxshall, G. (2014). Sapphirina nigromaculata Claus, 1863. In: Walter, T.C. & Boxshall, G. (2014). World of Copepods database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129053