Temora turbinata is a copepod in the Temoridae family.

It is an epipelagic species,[2] having been recorded in coastal waters around the world.

[3] It was first described in 1849 by American scientist James Dwight Dana.

[1] The cephalosome is shield-like and short, being only up to twice as long as the urosome.

One of the male's antennae is geniculated.