Sapphirina iris - Species Card - Marine Planktonic Copepods

Sapphirina iris Dana, 1849 (F,M)

Taxonomy

Order Cyclopoida

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Family Sapphirinidae

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Genus Sapphirina

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Synonymy

Sapphirina salpae Claus, 1859; Giesbrecht, 1892 (p.618, 641, 775, figs.F,M)); Thompson & Scott, 1903 (p.240); Thompson, 1903 a (p.34); Cleve, 1904 a (p.197); Wolfenden, 1911 (p.361); Farran, 1929 (p.210, 287); Wilson, 1942 a (p.206, fig.F); 1950 (p.324); Fagetti, 1962 (p.48); Furuhashi, 1966 b (p.123, figs.F,M, Rem.);
S. gemma : Brady, 1883 (p.127, figs.F);
S. longifurca A. Scott, 1909 (p.259, figs.F); C.B. Wilson, 1950 (p.321, figs.F,M)

References

List of the studied authors

Giesbrecht, 1895 (p.261); Esterly, 1905 (p.219, figs.F,M); Sars, 1921 (p.114, figs.F,M); Lehnhofer, 1929 (p.279, figs.F,M, Rem.); Rose, 1929 (p.59); 1933 a (p.310, figs.F,M); Farran, 1936 a (p.131); Lysholm & al., 1945 (p.44); Sewell, 1947 (p.266, fig.M); Crisafi, 1966 (p.662, figs. juv.); Saraswathy, 1966 (1967) (p.103); Paiva, 1971 (p.36, figs.F); Shuvalov, 1976 (in Kos, 1976, Vol. II, figs.F, Rem.Björnberg & al., 1981 (p.671, figs.F,M); Boxshall, 1998 (p.230); Hure & Krsinic, 1998 (p.104); Bradford-Grieve & al., 1999 (p.887, 972, 973, figs.F,M); Boxshall & Halsey, 2004 (p.655); Vives & Shmeleva, 2010 (p.374, figs.F,M, Rem.)

Figures

Plate 1 issued from : Sars G.O. in An Account of the Crustacea of Norway. Vol. VII. Copepoda Supplement. Published by the Bergen Museum, 1921. [Pl. LXXV].
Female. L: labrum.

Species Sapphirina iris - Plate 2 of morphological figures

Plate 2 issued from : Sars G.O. in An Account of the Crustacea of Norway. Vol. VII. Copepoda Supplement. Published by the Bergen Museum, 1921. [Pl. LXXVI].
Male. o: eyes; gen teg: genital tagma.

Species Sapphirina iris - Plate 3 of morphological figures

Plate 3 issued from : R.B.S. Sewell in The John Murray Expedition, 1933-34, Scientific Reports, VIII (1), 1947. [p.265, Fig.68, B].
Male (from S coast of Arabia): B, habitus (dorsal).

Species Sapphirina iris - Plate 4 of morphological figures

Plate 4 issued from : C.O. Esterly in Univ. Calif. Publs Zool., 1905, 2 (4). [p.220, Fig.57].
Female (from San Diego Region): b, habitus (dorsal); c, caudal ramus (dorsal).

Male: a, habitus (dorsal); d, exopod of P4.

Species Sapphirina iris - Plate 5 of morphological figures

Plate 5 issued from : C.B. Wilson in Bull. U.S. natn Mus., 1950, 100, 14 (4). [Pl.32, Figs.490-493].
As Sapphirina longifurca.
Female (from Philippines): 490, habitus (dorsal); 492, anal somite and caudal rami (dorsal).

Male: 491, habitus (dorsal); 493, last urosomal segments and caudal rami (dorsal).

Species Sapphirina iris - Plate 6 of morphological figures

Plate 6 issued from : C. Lehnhofer in Wiss. Ergebn. dt. Tiefsee-Exped. ''Valdivia'', 1929, 22 (5). [p.280, Fig.9].
Female: 1, caudal ramus; 2, A2.

Male: 3, endopodite 3 of P4.
Sth = pilose terminal seta.

Species Sapphirina iris - Plate 7 of morphological figures

Plate 7 Issued from : W. Giesbrecht in Systematik und Faunistik der Pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. – Fauna Flora Golf. Neapel, 19, 1892. Atlas von 54 Tafeln. [Taf.52, Figs.2, 18 ]. As Sapphirina salpae.
Female: 2, habitus (dorsal); 18, caudal ramus.

Species Sapphirina iris - Plate 8 of morphological figures

Plate 8 Issued from : W. Giesbrecht in Systematik und Faunistik der Pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. – Fauna Flora Golf. Neapel, 19, 1892. Atlas von 54 Tafeln. [Taf.52, Figs.45, 51 ]. As Sapphirina salpae.
Female: 45, Mxp (posterior view); 51, Mx2 (posterior view).

Species Sapphirina iris - Plate 9 of morphological figures

Plate 9 Issued from : W. Giesbrecht in Systematik und Faunistik der Pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. – Fauna Flora Golf. Neapel, 19, 1892, Atlas von 54 Tafeln. [Taf.52, Figs.1, 19 ]. As Sapphirina salpae.
Male: 1, habitus (dorsal); 19, caudal ramus.

Species Sapphirina iris - Plate 10 of morphological figures

Plate 10 Issued from : W. Giesbrecht in Systematik und Faunistik der Pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. – Fauna Flora Golf. Neapel, 19, 1892. Atlas von 54 Tafeln. [Taf.52, Fig.27 ]. As Sapphirina salpae.
Male: 27, P5 and Genital segment (ventral).

Species Sapphirina iris - Plate 11 of morphological figures

Plate 11 Issued from : W. Giesbrecht in Systematik und Faunistik der Pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. – Fauna Flora Golf. Neapel, 19, 1892. Atlas von 54 Tafeln. [Taf.52, Fig.49 ]. As Sapphirina salpae.
Male: 49, Mxp.

Species Sapphirina iris - Plate 12 of morphological figures

Plate 12 Issued from : W. Giesbrecht in Systematik und Faunistik der Pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. – Fauna Flora Golf. Neapel, 19, 1892. Atlas von 54 Tafeln. [Taf.54, Figs.9, 13, 15 ]. As Sapphirina salpae.
Female: 9, P2 (endopodite 3); 13, P1 (endopod); 15, P1 (endopod).

Species Sapphirina iris - Plate 13 of morphological figures

Plate 13 Issued from : W. Giesbrecht in Systematik und Faunistik der Pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. – Fauna Flora Golf. Neapel, 19, 1892. Atlas von 54 Tafeln. [Taf.54, Fig.59 ]. As Sapphirina salpae.
Female: 59, Mx1.

Species Sapphirina iris - Plate 14 of morphological figures

Plate 14 Issued from : W. Giesbrecht in Systematik und Faunistik der Pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. – Fauna Flora Golf. Neapel, 19, 1892. Atlas von 54 Tafeln. [Taf.53, Fig.23, 24 ]. As Sapphirina salpae.
Female: 23, Md (posterior view); 24, A2.

Species Sapphirina iris - Plate 15 of morphological figures

Plate 15 Issued from : W. Giesbrecht in Systematik und Faunistik der Pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. – Fauna Flora Golf. Neapel, 19, 1892. Atlas von 54 Tafeln. [Taf.53, Fig.60 ]. As Sapphirina salpae.
Female: 60, P4 (endopod).

Species Sapphirina iris - Plate 16 of morphological figures

Plate 16 Issued from : W. Giesbrecht in Systematik und Faunistik der Pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. – Fauna Flora Golf. Neapel, 19, 1892. Atlas von 54 Tafeln. [Taf.54, Figs.16, 19 ]. As Sapphirina salpae.
Male: 16, P3 (endopodite 3); 19, P2 (endopodite 3).

Species Sapphirina iris - Plate 17 of morphological figures

Plate 17 Issued from : W. Giesbrecht in Systematik und Faunistik der Pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. – Fauna Flora Golf. Neapel, 19, 1892. Atlas von 54 Tafeln. [Taf.54, Fig.57 ]. As Sapphirina salpae.
Male: 57, Mx1.

Plate 18 Issued from : W. Giesbrecht in Systematik und Faunistik der Pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. – Fauna Flora Golf. Neapel, 19, 1892. Atlas von 54 Tafeln. [Taf.53, Fig.7 ]. As Sapphirina salpae.
Male: 7, A1 (ventral view)

Complementary References

List of the studied authors

Sewell, 1948 (p.393, 462); C.B. Wilson, 1950 (p.320); Hoenigman, 1955 (p.49); Mazza, 1966 (p.74); Ehrhardt, 1967 (p.743, geographic distribution, Rem.); Dowidar & El-Maghraby, 1970 (p.269); Deevey, 1971 (p.224); Bainbridge, 1972 (p.61, Appendix Table I: vertical distribution vs day/night); Rajaram & Krishnaswamy, 1980 a (p.154); Vives, 1982 (p.296); Kovalev & Shmeleva, 1982 (p.86); Guangshan & Honglin, 1984 (p.118, tab.); Regner, 1985 (p.11, Rem.: p.42); Lozano Soldevilla & al., 1988 (p.61); Seguin & al., 1993 (p.23); Shih & Young, 1995 (p.77); Vukanic, 2003 (p.139, tab.1); Khelifi-Touhami & al., 2007 (p.327, Table 1); Gaard & al., 2008 (p.59, Table 1, N Mid-Atlantic Ridge); Mazzocchi & Di Capua, 2010 (p.429); Salah S. & al., 2012 (p.155, Tableau 1); in CalCOFI regional list (MDO, Nov. 2013; M. Ohman, comm. pers.); El Arraj & al., 2017 (p.272, table 2, spatial distribution); Chaouadi & Hafferssas, 2018 (p.913, Table II: occurrence).

Distribution

NZ: 18 + 1 doubtful

Distribution map of Sapphirina iris by geographical zones

List species for the subzone North Sea of the Zone 9

Distribution map of Sapphirina iris for the Zone Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea

Distribution map of Sapphirina iris for the Zone Indian Ocean

Distribution map of Sapphirina iris for the Zone China Seas, Vietnam

Additional Maps & Charts

Map 5 issued from : C. Lehnhofer in Wiss. Ergebn. dt. Tiefsee-Exped. ''Valdivia'', 1929, 22 (5). [p.323, Fig.55].
Zoogeographical distribution of S. iris.

Localisations

Geographical glossary

South Africa (W), off W Tristan da Cunha, G. of Guinea, Atlant. (equatorial), Cape Verde Is., off Mauritania, off Moroccan Atlantic Coast, Cap Ghir (Morocco), Canary Is., Argentina, Brazil, off Bermuda, Azores, off E Newfoundland, off Cabo Finisterre, off W Ireland, S Iceland, ? Norway, North Sea, Medit. (Alboran Sea, Habibas Is., El Kala shelf, NW Basin, Ligurian Sea, Tyrrhenian Sea, Napoli, N & S Adriatic Sea, Mljet Is., Aegean Sea, Alexandria), ? Red Sea, Arabian Sea, Sri Lanka, Indian, G. of Bengal, Nicobar Is., Indonesia-Malaysia, Philippines, Viet-Nam, China Seas (South China Sea), Pacif. (W equatorial), Australia (Great Barrier), off New Zealand, Pacif. (NE tropical), California, G. of Panama, Chile

Quotations

N: 51

Dimensions (mm)

References of the authors concerning dimensions

(5) F: 5,5; (34) F: 6-5,78; M: 5,3; (35) F: 6,84-6,22; M: 6,6; (46) F: 7,5-5,6; M: 7,5-5,9; (132) F: 7,4; M: 7,1; (137) F: 5,5; M: 6; (142) F: 7-5; M: 8-7; (310) F: 6,09-5,23; M: 5,5; (530) F: 5,6-4,9; M: 5,3; (648) F: 5,2; {F: 4,90-7,50; M: 5,30-8,00}; (805) F: 2,19-1,2; M: 2,35

Remarks

epipelagic.
This species is often associated with salp swarms.
For Furuhashi (1966 a) the synonymy between this species and S. gemma of Brady and Wilson is not guaranteed.
The dimensions given by Rajaram & Krishnaswamy (1980 a, p.155) are very inferior to sizes given by other authors.

Last update : 28/10/2022

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