Copilia

Copilia is a genus of copepods in the family Sapphirinidae. The eyes in members of this genus have two lenses, arranged like those in a telescope.^[1]

Copilia
Copilia vitrea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Maxillopoda
Subclass:	Copepoda
Order:	Poecilostomatoida
Family:	Sapphirinidae
Genus:	Copilia Dana, 1849
Species
See text

Species

The genus Copilia contains the following species:^[2]

• Copilia asiaticus (F. Dahl, 1894)
• Copilia atlantica Lubbock, 1856
• Copilia brucii Thompson, 1888
• Copilia denticulata Claus, 1863
• Copilia elliptica Giesbrecht, 1891
• Copilia fultoni T. Scott, 1894
• Copilia hendorffi F. Dahl, 1894
• Copilia lata Giesbrecht, 1891
• Copilia longistylis Mori, 1933
• Copilia mediterranea (Claus, 1863)
• Copilia mirabilis Dana, 1852
• Copilia nicaeensis Leuckart, 1859
• Copilia oblonga Giesbrecht, 1891
• Copilia pellucida (Haeckel, 1864)
• Copilia quadrata Dana, 1849
• Copilia recta Giesbrecht, 1891
• Copilia vitrea (Haeckel, 1864)

References

• Crustaceans portal
• Arthropods portal

1. R. L. Gregory, H. E. Ross & N. Moray (1964). "The curious eye of Copilia" (PDF). Nature. 201 (4925): 1166–1168. Bibcode:1964Natur.201.1166G. doi:10.1038/2011166a0. PMID 14151358.
2. T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall. T. C. Walter & G. Boxshall (ed.). "Copilia Dana, 1849". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved February 10, 2011.

External links

• Media related to Copilia at Wikimedia Commons