Copilia
{{Short description|Genus of crustaceans}}
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| image = FMIB 53333 Copilia vitrea, d'apres Giesbrecht (Fauna u Flora de Naples).jpeg
| image_caption = Copilia vitrea
| taxon = Copilia
| authority = Dana, 1849
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
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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.{{cite journal |author=R. L. Gregory, H. E. Ross & N. Moray |year=1964 |title=The curious eye of Copilia |journal=Nature |volume=201 |issue=4925 |pages=1166–1168 |url=http://www.richardgregory.org/papers/copilia/curious-eye-copilia.pdf |pmid=14151358 |doi=10.1038/2011166a0|bibcode=1964Natur.201.1166G }}
Species
The genus Copilia contains the following species:{{cite web |author=T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall |title=Copilia Dana, 1849 |editor=T. C. Walter & G. Boxshall |work=World Copepoda database |publisher=World Register of Marine Species |url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=128721 |accessdate=February 10, 2011}}
- 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
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Copilia|Copilia}}
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