Metridia
creator: Boxshall, Geoff
creator: Cuvelier, Daphne
creator: Walter, T. Chad
date: 2026-08-24
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Metridia Boeck, 1865
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Metridia Boeck, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104190 on 2026-08-24
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2024-07-21T14:05:51Z
replaces: 347494
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Metridia Boeck, 1865
class: Copepoda
family: Metridinidae
genus: Metridia
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: 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].
name published in: Norman, A.M. (1878). Notes on the Oceanic Copepoda. 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. 2:249-253.
name published in year: 1865
name published in year: 1878
order: Calanoida
parent name usage ID: 104092
phylum: Arthropoda
scientific name authorship: Boeck, 1865
taxon rank: Genus
taxonomic status: accepted