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)
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]
Garic, R.; Madin, L.; van Soest, R.W.M. (2024). 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 2024-04-20
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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]
