MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Metridinidae Sars G.O., 1902

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Metridinidae Sars G.O., 1902

AphiaID

104092 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104092)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Calanoida

Original name

Metridinidae Sars G.O., 1902

Synonymised names

Metridiidae Sars G.O., 1902 · unaccepted (Junior homonym)

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Genus Gaussia Wolfenden, 1905
Genus Metridia Boeck, 1865
Genus Pleuromamma Giesbrecht in Giesbrecht & Schmeil, 1898
Genus Metridina Norman, 1878 accepted as Metridia Boeck, 1865 (synonym)
Genus Pleuromma Claus, 1863 accepted as Pleuromamma Giesbrecht in Giesbrecht & Schmeil, 1898 ((pre-occupied name for an arachnid spider by Doneschall, 1862, Giesbrecht 1898 proposed the replacement name Pleuromamma))

Environment

marine

Original description

Sars, G.O. (1902). Copepoda Calanoida, Parts IX & X, Temoridae, Metridiidae, Heterorhabdidae. An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum. 4: 97-120, pls. 65-80. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Taxonomic citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Metridinidae Sars G.O., 1902. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104092 on 2025-04-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Boxshall, Geoff

2005-05-03 07:34:09Z

changed

Cuvelier, Daphne

2008-06-24 05:45:50Z

changed

Walter, T. Chad

2024-07-21 20:09:51Z

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Walter, T. Chad

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Nomenclature

original description Sars, G.O. (1902). Copepoda Calanoida, Parts IX & X, Temoridae, Metridiidae, Heterorhabdidae. An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum. 4: 97-120, pls. 65-80. (look up in IMIS) [details]

original description (of Metridiidae Sars G.O., 1902) Sars, G.O. (1902). Copepoda Calanoida, Parts IX & X, Temoridae, Metridiidae, Heterorhabdidae. An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum. 4: 97-120, pls. 65-80. (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]

Other

additional source Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA). 124 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors