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Sapphirina metallina Dana, 1849
| Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050 |
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS
Copepoda | Cyclopoida | Sapphirinidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Pelagic; depth range 0 - 200 m (Ref. 111077). Tropical
Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Western Central Pacific.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Neritic (Ref. 111077).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the subclass Copepoda are gonochoric and sexually dimorphic. During copulation, male glues spermatophores to the female's venter. Life cycle: Eggs undergo six naupliar and five larval stages before becoming an adult.
Main reference
References | Coordinator | Collaborators
Wilson, C.B. 1950 Copepods gathered by the United States fisheries steamer "Albatross" from 1887 to 1909, chiefly in the Pacific Ocean: contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions. Bulletin 100(14) Part 4:141-441. In United States Museum. Papers on Echinoidea, fishes and Copepoda: contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions. Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 100(14):461 p. (Ref. 8292)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
CMS (Ref. 116361)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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(Ref. 80766):
Unknown.