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Sea Sapphires
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Sea Sapphires

Sapphirina

Sapphirina, whose members are commonly known as sea sapphires, is a genus of parasitic copepods in the family Sapphirinidae.

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Sapphirina angusta

speciesSapphirina angusta

Sapphirina nigromaculata

speciesSapphirina nigromaculata

Sapphirina gemma

speciesSapphirina gemma

Sapphirina metallina

speciesSapphirina metallina

Sapphirina opalina

speciesSapphirina opalina

Sapphirina scarlata

speciesSapphirina scarlata

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 329118.