Temora (crustacean)

Temora
	Temora turbinata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Copepoda
Order:	Calanoida
Family:	Temoridae
Genus:	Temora; Baird, 1850
Type species
	Temora longicornis;
Synonyms
	Halitemora Giesbrecht, 1881;

Temora is a genus of copepods in the family Temoridae. The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species:^[1]

Temora discaudata Giesbrecht, 1889
Temora kerguelensis Wolfenden, 1911
Temora longicornis (Müller O.F., 1785)
Temora stylifera (Dana, 1849)
Temora turbinata (Dana, 1849)

Additionally, Temora curta (Dana, 1849) is considered a taxon inquirendum.

Taxonomy

Temora was originally described by Scottish physician and zoologist William Baird in his 1850 work The Natural History of the British Entomostraca. The genus was named for the palace of ancient Irish kings in James Macpherson's Ossian cycle of poems, published in the prior century.^[2]

In 1881, Prussian zoologist Wilhelm Giesbrecht proposed dividing the genus into Halitemora (hali, Latin for salt, + temora) and Eurytemora (eury-, Latin for wide or broad, + temora), listing differences in morphology as well as habitat.^[3] Halitemora is not currently accepted as valid, but a number of species previously included in Temora have been moved to Eurytemora:^[1]

Temora affinis Poppe, 1880 and Temora inermis Boeck, 1865 (now Eurytemora affinis affinis Poppe, 1880)
Temora clausii Hoek, 1878 and Temora velox Lilljeborg, 1853 (now Eurytemora velox (Lilljeborg, 1853))

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d T. Chad Walter (2015). Walter TC, Boxshall G (eds.). "Temora Baird, 1850". World of Copepods database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
^ Baird, William (1850). The Natural History of the British Entomostraca. Ray Society. pp. 227–229.
^ Giesbrecht, W. (1881). Vorläufige Mittheilung aus einer Arbeit über die freilebenden Copepoden des Kieler hagens. Zool. Anz. 4(83): 254-258 In: Zoologischer Anzeiger. Gustav Fischer Verlag: Jena. ISSN 0044-5231; e-ISSN 1873-2674

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[WoRMS-1] T. Chad Walter (2015). Walter TC, Boxshall G (eds.). "Temora Baird, 1850". World of Copepods database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 6 April 2018.

[2] Baird, William (1850). The Natural History of the British Entomostraca. Ray Society. pp. 227–229.

[3] Giesbrecht, W. (1881). Vorläufige Mittheilung aus einer Arbeit über die freilebenden Copepoden des Kieler hagens. Zool. Anz. 4(83): 254-258 In: Zoologischer Anzeiger. Gustav Fischer Verlag: Jena. ISSN 0044-5231; e-ISSN 1873-2674

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