WoRMS taxon details
Metridia longa longa (Lubbock, 1854)
1806771 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1806771)
accepted
Subspecies
Calanus longus Lubbock, 1854 · unaccepted
Metridia armata Boeck, 1865 · unaccepted
Metridia longa (Lubbock, 1854) · alternative representation
Metridina armata Norman, 1878 · unaccepted > unjustified emendation (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Metridia longa longa (Lubbock, 1854). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1806771 on 2026-01-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Calanus longus Lubbock, 1854) Lubbock, J. (1854). On some arctic species of Calanidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (2)14:125-129, pl. 5. (viii-1854) [details] 
original description (of Metridia armata Boeck, 1865) 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.]. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1864: 226-282 [for 1864 however published in 1865]. [details]
original description (of Metridina armata Norman, 1878) Norman, A.M. (1878). Notes on the Oceanic Copepoda. <em>In: Nares, G.S. (ed.). Narrative of a Voyage to the Polar Sea During 1875-1876 in H.M.S. Alert and Discovery, with Notes on Natural History, Museum Normanianum. London.</em> 2:249-253. [details]
original description (of Metridia armata Boeck, 1865) 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.]. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1864: 226-282 [for 1864 however published in 1865]. [details]
original description (of Metridina armata Norman, 1878) Norman, A.M. (1878). Notes on the Oceanic Copepoda. <em>In: Nares, G.S. (ed.). Narrative of a Voyage to the Polar Sea During 1875-1876 in H.M.S. Alert and Discovery, with Notes on Natural History, Museum Normanianum. London.</em> 2:249-253. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list (from synonym Metridia longa (Lubbock, 1854))
To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes) (from synonym Metridia longa (Lubbock, 1854))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (111 publications) (from synonym Metridia longa (Lubbock, 1854))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Calanus longus Lubbock, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (57 publications) (from synonym Metridia armata Boeck, 1865)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Metridia longa) (from synonym Metridia longa (Lubbock, 1854))
To GenBank (285 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Calanus longus Lubbock, 1854)
To GenBank (285 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Metridia longa (Lubbock, 1854))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Metridia longa (Lubbock, 1854))
To PESI (from synonym Metridia longa (Lubbock, 1854))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (54 records) (from synonym Metridia longa (Lubbock, 1854))
To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes) (from synonym Metridia longa (Lubbock, 1854))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (111 publications) (from synonym Metridia longa (Lubbock, 1854))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Calanus longus Lubbock, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (57 publications) (from synonym Metridia armata Boeck, 1865)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Metridia longa) (from synonym Metridia longa (Lubbock, 1854))
To GenBank (285 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Calanus longus Lubbock, 1854)
To GenBank (285 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Metridia longa (Lubbock, 1854))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Metridia longa (Lubbock, 1854))
To PESI (from synonym Metridia longa (Lubbock, 1854))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (54 records) (from synonym Metridia longa (Lubbock, 1854))
