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Ritteriella Metcalf, 1919 
AphiaID: 137232

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Tunicata (Subphylum) > Thaliacea (Class) > Salpida (Order) > Salpidae (Family) > Salpinae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Salpa amboinensis Apstein, 1904 (type by original designation)
Parent Salpinae Lahille, 1888
Synonymised
taxa		  Ritteria Metcalf, 1918 (preoccupied)
 Salpa (Ritteria) Metcalf, 1918 (genus transfer and status change)
Sources  original description: Metcalf, M.M. 1919. Metcalf and Bell upon Salpidae. Science N.Y. 50 (1279): 19-20. [details]

basis of record: Van Soest, R.W.M. 1974b. A revision of the genera Salpa Forskål, 1775, Pegea Savigny, 1816, and Ritteriella Metcalf, 1919 (Tunicata, Thaliacea). Beaufortia 22 (293): 153-191. [details]

additional source: van der Land, J.; van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Thaliacea, 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. 355-356 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

from synonym: Metcalf, M.M. 1918. The Salpidae; a taxonomic study. Bulletin United States National Museum (2) 100 (2): 5-193. [details] [view taxon]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Ritteriella amboinensis (Apstein, 1904)
Species Ritteriella picteti (Apstein, 1904)
Species Ritteriella retracta (Ritter, 1906)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Link To GenBank
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137232
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2006-09-28 06:51:36Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2013-02-23 13:54:58Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
2013-03-08 14:00:29Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
2013-03-24 10:48:08Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Ritteriella Metcalf, 1919. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137232 on 2013-05-23
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