WoRMS name details
Ritteria Metcalf, 1918
719828 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:719828)
unaccepted (preoccupied)
Genus
Species Ritteria amboinensis (Apstein, 1904) accepted as Ritteriella amboinensis (Apstein, 1904) (genus transfer)
Species Ritteria hexagona (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) accepted as Metcalfina hexagona (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (genus transfer)
Species Ritteria picteti (Apstein, 1904) accepted as Ritteriella picteti (Apstein, 1904) (genus transfer)
Species Ritteria retracta (Ritter, 1906) accepted as Ritteriella retracta (Ritter, 1906) (genus transfer)
Species Ritteria hexagona (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) accepted as Metcalfina hexagona (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (genus transfer)
Species Ritteria picteti (Apstein, 1904) accepted as Ritteriella picteti (Apstein, 1904) (genus transfer)
Species Ritteria retracta (Ritter, 1906) accepted as Ritteriella retracta (Ritter, 1906) (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Metcalf, M.M. 1918. The Salpidae; a taxonomic study. Bulletin United States National Museum (2) 100 (2): 5-193. [details]
Taxonomy This was named a subgenus of the genus Salpa by Metcalf (1918), but in his paper he treated it as a genus name by citing...
Taxonomy This was named a subgenus of the genus Salpa by Metcalf (1918), but in his paper he treated it as a genus name by citing the species assigned to it as Ritteria amboinensis etc., without using the notation Salpa (Ritteria) amboinensis. [details]
Madin, L. (2022). World List of Thaliacea. Ritteria Metcalf, 1918. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719828 on 2022-08-10
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Metcalf, M.M. 1918. The Salpidae; a taxonomic study. Bulletin United States National Museum (2) 100 (2): 5-193. [details]
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Taxonomy This was named a subgenus of the genus Salpa by Metcalf (1918), but in his paper he treated it as a genus name by citing the species assigned to it as Ritteria amboinensis etc., without using the notation Salpa (Ritteria) amboinensis. [details]
