North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Metridia Boeck, 1865

Metridia pseudopacifica and M. pacifica

AphiaID

104190 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104190)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Metridia lucens Boeck, 1865 represented as Metridia lucens lucens Boeck, 1865 (type by original designation)

Parent

Metridinidae Sars G.O., 1902

Original name

Metridia Boeck, 1865

Direct children (11)

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Species Metridia alata Roe, 1975
Species Metridia brevicauda Giesbrecht, 1889
Species Metridia curticauda Giesbrecht, 1889
Species Metridia discreta Farran, 1947
Species Metridia effusa Grice & Hulsemann, 1967
Species Metridia gurjanovae Brodsky, 1950
Species Metridia macrura Sars G.O., 1905
Species Metridia princeps Giesbrecht, 1889
Species Metridia venusta Giesbrecht, 1889
Species Metridia longa (Lubbock, 1854) represented as Metridia longa longa (Lubbock, 1854)
Species Metridia lucens Boeck, 1865 represented as Metridia lucens lucens Boeck, 1865

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Boeck, A. (1865). Oversigt over de ved Norges Kyster jagttagne Copepoder henhorende til Calanidernes, Cyclopidernes og Harpactidernes Familier. [Overview of the Copepods hunted on the coast of Norway belonging to the families Calanoidae, Cyclopoidae and Harpacticodidae.]. Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania. 1864: 226-282 [for 1864 however published in 1865].
page(s): 237-238 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Metridia Boeck, 1865. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://marbef.org//marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104190 on 2026-08-14

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Metridia Boeck, 1865. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=104190 on 2026-08-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Boxshall, Geoff

2005-03-30 12:51:50Z

changed

Cuvelier, Daphne

2008-08-06 13:32:15Z

changed

Walter, T. Chad

2015-07-13 11:03:02Z

changed

Walter, T. Chad

2024-07-21 12:05:51Z

changed

Walter, T. Chad

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original description Boeck, A. (1865). Oversigt over de ved Norges Kyster jagttagne Copepoder henhorende til Calanidernes, Cyclopidernes og Harpactidernes Familier. [Overview of the Copepods hunted on the coast of Norway belonging to the families Calanoidae, Cyclopoidae and Harpacticodidae.]. Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania. 1864: 226-282 [for 1864 however published in 1865].
page(s): 237-238 [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]

additional source Mauchline, J. (1988). Taxonomic value of pore pattern in the integument of calanoid copepods (Crustacea). Journal of Zoology, London 214(4):697-749., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1988.tb03768.x [details] Available for editors