Sapphirina
| Sapphirina | |
|---|---|
| Sapphirina darwinii with egg cases | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Copepoda |
| Order: | Cyclopoida |
| Family: | Sapphirinidae |
| Genus: | Sapphirina J. Thompson, 1830 |
| Species | |
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Sapphirina, whose members are commonly known as sea sapphires, is a genus of parasitic copepods in the family Sapphirinidae.