Copilia

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

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]

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

^ 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.
^ 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.

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[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.

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