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| Cyclopoida ( Order ) |  |  |  
|     Sapphirinidae ( Family ) |  |  |  
|         Sapphirina ( Genus ) |  |  |  |  |  |  
| | Sapphirina pyrosomatis  Giesbrecht, 1892   (F,M) |  | 
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Ref.: |  |  |  | Giesbrecht, 1892 (p.619, 641, 775, figs.F,M); Farran, 1929 (p.210, 289); Rose, 1929 (p.61); 1933 a (p.315, figs.F,M); Wilson, 1932 a (p.366, fiogs.F,M); Rose, 1933 a (p.315, figs.F,M); Crisafi & Mazza, 1966 (p.566, 570, 582,  608, figs.F,M), Rem.; Crisafi, 1966 (p.657, fig. Juv.); Vives & Shmeleva, 2010 (p.384, figs.F,M, Rem.) |  | |  issued from : P. Crisafi & J. Mazza in  Atti Soc. pelorit. Sci. fis. 3mat. nat., 1966, XII (3/4). [p.583, Fig.9]. Female (from Strait of Messina): habitus (dorsal).
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  issued from : P. Crisafi & J. Mazza in  Atti Soc. pelorit. Sci. fis. mat. nat., 1966, XII (3/4). [p.583, Fig.10]. Male: A, habitus (dorsal); B, 3rd segment endopodite of P2.
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  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.12, 14, 17 ]. Female: 12, anal segment and caudal ramus (dorsal): 14, thoracic segment 4 and posterior body (lateral); 17, habitus (dorsal).
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  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, Figs.41, 53 ]. Female: 41, A2; 53, P4.
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  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.58 ]. Female: 58, Mx1.
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  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.13 ]. Male: 13, habitus (dorsal).
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  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.8 ]. Male: 8, A1.
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  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.21 ]. Male: 21, P2 (endopod).
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  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.38 ]. Male: 38, Mxp.
 |  |  |  |  |  |  | Compl. Ref.: |  |  | Wilson, 1942 a (p.206); 1950 (p.323); Fagetti, 1962 (p.47); Bainbridge, 1972 (p.61, Appendix Table II, vertical distribution %); Kovalev & Shmeleva, 1982 (p.86); Mazzocchi & Di Capua, 2010 (p.429) |  |  |  |  | NZ: | 9 |  |  |  |  |   
  			
				
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				  Distribution map of Sapphirina pyrosomatis by geographical zones
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Loc: |  |  |  | South Africa (W), Patagonia (in C. B. Wilson, 1950), G. of Guinea (off Lagos), off NW Cape Verde Is., off Canary Is., off Azores, off S Nantucket, Medit. (Ligurian Sea, Napoli, Strait of Messina, N-S Adriatic Sea), NW Indian, Japan, SE Pacif., off Chile |  |  |  |  | N: | 12 |  |  |  |  | Lg.: |  |  |  | (45) F: 2,25-2; M: 2,15-1,75; (46) F: 2,25-2; M: 2,15-1,8; (705) F: 1,791; 1,603; M: 1,471; {F: 1,603-2,250; M: 1,471-2,150} |  |  |  |  | Rem.: | If one admits the variations established by Lehnhofer (1929, p.289), this species would be a synonym of Sapphirina auronitens-sinuicauda. Boxshall & Halsey (2004, p.653) have the opinion that this species should be considered as a synonym of Sapphirina auronitens. |  |  |  |  | Last update : 30/06/2016 |  |  |  
        
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