CaRMS name details
Metridia longa (Lubbock, 1854)
104632 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104632)
alternative representation
Species
- Subspecies Metridia longa longa (Lubbock, 1854)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Lubbock, J. (1854). On some arctic species of Calanidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (2)14:125-129, pl. 5. (viii-1854) [details] 
Distribution Arctic to Long Island Sound
Distribution Arctic to Long Island Sound [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Metridia longa (Lubbock, 1854). Accessed through: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104632 on 2025-05-04
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Metridia longa (Lubbock, 1854). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104632 on 2025-05-04
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(of ) Lubbock, J. (1854). On some arctic species of Calanidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (2)14:125-129, pl. 5. (viii-1854) [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Wilson, C. B. (1936). Plankton of the Bermuda Oceanographic Expeditions IV. Notes on Copepoda . Zoologica Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society , New York, 21(7): 89-93 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Roff, J.C. (1978). A guide to the marine flora and fauna of the Bay of Fundy: Copepoda: Calanoida. Fisheries and Marine Service Technical Report 823. 27 p. [details] Available for editors
additional source Scott, T. (1899). Report on the marine and freshwater Crustacea from Franz-Josef Land, collected by Mr. William S. Bruce, of the Jackson-Harmsworth Expedition. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology.</em> 27:60-126, pls. 3-9. (1-vii-1899). [details]
additional source Sars, G.O. (1900). Crustacea. <em>In: Nansen, F. (ed.). The Norwegian North Polar Expedition 1893-1896., Scientific Results.</em> 1(5): 1-141, Plates 1-36., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17104697#page/9/mode/1up [details]
additional source Arcos, D.F. (1975). Copépodes calanoídeos de la Bahía de Concepción, Chile. Conocimiento sistemático y variación estacional. [Calanoid Copepods of the Concepcion Bay, Chile, Systematic study and seasonal variation.]. <em>Gayana, Zoología.</em> 32:3-31, figs. 1-7, pls. 1-9 with figs. 1-78, map. [details] Available for editors
additional source Bamstedt, U. & A. Ervik. (1984). Local variation in size and activity among Calanus finmarchicus and Metridia longa (Copepoda, Calanoida) overwintering on the west coast of Norway. <em>Journal of Plankton Research.</em> 6(5):843-857, figs. 1-3, tabs. 1-9. [details] Available for editors
additional source Bamstedt, U. & K.S. Tande. (1988). Physiological responses of Calanus finmarchicus and Metridia longa (Copepoda: Calanoida) during the winter-spring transition. Marine Biology, Berlin 99(1):31-38, figs. 1-6, tabs. 1-4. (viii.1988) [details] Available for editors
additional source Geiger, S.R. (1966). Size variation in Metridia longa (Lubbock). In: Barnes, H. (ed.). Some contemporary studies in marine science. Allen & Unwin Ltd., New York :335-341, figs. 1-2, tab. 1. [details] Available for editors
additional source Haq, S.M. (1967). Nutritional physiology of Metridia lucens and M. longa from the Gulf of Maine. <em>Limnology and Oceanography.</em> 12(1):40-51, figs. 1-3, tabs. 1-5. (i-1967). [details] Available for editors
additional source Lapota, D., T.E. Bowman & J.R. Losee. (1988). Observations on bioluminescence in the nauplius of Metridia longa (Copepoda, Calanoida) in the Norwegian Sea. Crustaceana, Leiden 54(3):314-320, fig. 1, tab. 1. (v.1988) [details] Available for editors
additional source Linko, A.K. (1907). Untersuchungen über das Plankton des Barents Meeres. [Investigations on the plankton of the Barents Sea.]. <em>Wissenschaftlich praktische Murman Expedition, St. Petersburg.</em> :1-247, figs.1-21. [details]
additional source Sars, G.O. (1902). Copepoda Calanoida, Parts IX & X, Temoridae, Metridiidae, Heterorhabdidae. <em>An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum.</em> 4: 97-120, pls. 65-80. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Tande, K.S. & S. Gronvik. (1983). Ecological investigations on the zooplankton community of Balsfjorden, northern Norway: sex ratio and gonad maturation cycle in the copepod Metridia longa (Lubbock). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 71(1):43-54, figs. 1-6, tab. 1. (15-viii-1983) [details] Available for editors
additional source Stepanyuk, G.A., H. Xu, C.K. Wu, S.V. Markova, J. Lee, E.S. Vysotski & B.C. Wang. (2008). Expression, purification and characterization of the secreted luciferase of the copepod Metridia longa from Sf9 insect cells. <em>Protein Expression and Purification.</em> 61(2):142-148., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pep.2008.05.013 [details] Available for editors
additional source Ershova, E.A. & K.N. Kosobokova. (2012). Morphology of genital system and reproductive biology of the arctic calanoid copepod Metridia longa. ОСОБЕННОСТИ МОРФОЛОГИИ ГЕНИТАЛЬНОЙ СИСТЕМЫ И БИОЛОГИИ РАЗМНОЖЕНИЯ АРКТИЧЕСКОЙ КАЛЯНОИДНОЙ КОПЕПОДЫ METRIDIA LONGA. <em>Zoologicheskii Zhurnal.</em> 91(2):138-147. (Russian). [details] Available for editors
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32. [details]
additional source Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41. [details] Available for editors
additional source Ershova, E.A. & K.N. Kosobokova. (2012). Morphology of genital system and reproductive biology of the arctic calanoid copepod Metridia longa. <em>Biology Bulletin.</em> 39(8): 676–683. (English), Zoologischeskii Zhurnal 91(2):138-147. (Russian). [details] Available for editors
additional source Yurikova D.A., K.N. Kosobokova & A.V. Savchenko. (2023). Investigation of the reproductive system in calanoid copepods: A new approach using 3D reconstructions from serial semi-thin crosssections in Calanus glacialis and Metridia longa. <em>Arthropod Structure & Development.</em> 73(12-14):1-9. 101249., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asd.2023.101249 [details] Available for editors
additional source Schmid, M. (2017). The race for lipids : ontogeny of the fine-scale vertical co-distribution of arctic calanoid copepods and their phytoplankton food as elucidated by artificial intelligence coupled with an imaging profiler. <em>Thèse de Doctorat, Université Laval, Montréal, Québec, Canada.</em> 131 pp. [details] Available for editors
additional source Lightfoot, M. (2023). Light sensitivity of the Arctic copepod Metridia longa during Midnight Sun and Polar Night. <em>M.Sc. Thesis, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA.</em> 67 pp., available online at https://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/33254 [details] Available for editors
ecology source Brun, P., M.R. Payne & T. Kiørboe. (2017). A trait database for marine copepods. <em>Earth System Science Data.</em> 9(1):99-113., available online at https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-99-2017 [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Wilson, C. B. (1936). Plankton of the Bermuda Oceanographic Expeditions IV. Notes on Copepoda . Zoologica Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society , New York, 21(7): 89-93 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Roff, J.C. (1978). A guide to the marine flora and fauna of the Bay of Fundy: Copepoda: Calanoida. Fisheries and Marine Service Technical Report 823. 27 p. [details] Available for editors
additional source Scott, T. (1899). Report on the marine and freshwater Crustacea from Franz-Josef Land, collected by Mr. William S. Bruce, of the Jackson-Harmsworth Expedition. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology.</em> 27:60-126, pls. 3-9. (1-vii-1899). [details]
additional source Sars, G.O. (1900). Crustacea. <em>In: Nansen, F. (ed.). The Norwegian North Polar Expedition 1893-1896., Scientific Results.</em> 1(5): 1-141, Plates 1-36., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17104697#page/9/mode/1up [details]
additional source Arcos, D.F. (1975). Copépodes calanoídeos de la Bahía de Concepción, Chile. Conocimiento sistemático y variación estacional. [Calanoid Copepods of the Concepcion Bay, Chile, Systematic study and seasonal variation.]. <em>Gayana, Zoología.</em> 32:3-31, figs. 1-7, pls. 1-9 with figs. 1-78, map. [details] Available for editors
additional source Bamstedt, U. & A. Ervik. (1984). Local variation in size and activity among Calanus finmarchicus and Metridia longa (Copepoda, Calanoida) overwintering on the west coast of Norway. <em>Journal of Plankton Research.</em> 6(5):843-857, figs. 1-3, tabs. 1-9. [details] Available for editors
additional source Bamstedt, U. & K.S. Tande. (1988). Physiological responses of Calanus finmarchicus and Metridia longa (Copepoda: Calanoida) during the winter-spring transition. Marine Biology, Berlin 99(1):31-38, figs. 1-6, tabs. 1-4. (viii.1988) [details] Available for editors
additional source Geiger, S.R. (1966). Size variation in Metridia longa (Lubbock). In: Barnes, H. (ed.). Some contemporary studies in marine science. Allen & Unwin Ltd., New York :335-341, figs. 1-2, tab. 1. [details] Available for editors
additional source Haq, S.M. (1967). Nutritional physiology of Metridia lucens and M. longa from the Gulf of Maine. <em>Limnology and Oceanography.</em> 12(1):40-51, figs. 1-3, tabs. 1-5. (i-1967). [details] Available for editors
additional source Lapota, D., T.E. Bowman & J.R. Losee. (1988). Observations on bioluminescence in the nauplius of Metridia longa (Copepoda, Calanoida) in the Norwegian Sea. Crustaceana, Leiden 54(3):314-320, fig. 1, tab. 1. (v.1988) [details] Available for editors
additional source Linko, A.K. (1907). Untersuchungen über das Plankton des Barents Meeres. [Investigations on the plankton of the Barents Sea.]. <em>Wissenschaftlich praktische Murman Expedition, St. Petersburg.</em> :1-247, figs.1-21. [details]
additional source Sars, G.O. (1902). Copepoda Calanoida, Parts IX & X, Temoridae, Metridiidae, Heterorhabdidae. <em>An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum.</em> 4: 97-120, pls. 65-80. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Tande, K.S. & S. Gronvik. (1983). Ecological investigations on the zooplankton community of Balsfjorden, northern Norway: sex ratio and gonad maturation cycle in the copepod Metridia longa (Lubbock). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 71(1):43-54, figs. 1-6, tab. 1. (15-viii-1983) [details] Available for editors
additional source Stepanyuk, G.A., H. Xu, C.K. Wu, S.V. Markova, J. Lee, E.S. Vysotski & B.C. Wang. (2008). Expression, purification and characterization of the secreted luciferase of the copepod Metridia longa from Sf9 insect cells. <em>Protein Expression and Purification.</em> 61(2):142-148., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pep.2008.05.013 [details] Available for editors
additional source Ershova, E.A. & K.N. Kosobokova. (2012). Morphology of genital system and reproductive biology of the arctic calanoid copepod Metridia longa. ОСОБЕННОСТИ МОРФОЛОГИИ ГЕНИТАЛЬНОЙ СИСТЕМЫ И БИОЛОГИИ РАЗМНОЖЕНИЯ АРКТИЧЕСКОЙ КАЛЯНОИДНОЙ КОПЕПОДЫ METRIDIA LONGA. <em>Zoologicheskii Zhurnal.</em> 91(2):138-147. (Russian). [details] Available for editors
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32. [details]
additional source Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41. [details] Available for editors
additional source Ershova, E.A. & K.N. Kosobokova. (2012). Morphology of genital system and reproductive biology of the arctic calanoid copepod Metridia longa. <em>Biology Bulletin.</em> 39(8): 676–683. (English), Zoologischeskii Zhurnal 91(2):138-147. (Russian). [details] Available for editors
additional source Yurikova D.A., K.N. Kosobokova & A.V. Savchenko. (2023). Investigation of the reproductive system in calanoid copepods: A new approach using 3D reconstructions from serial semi-thin crosssections in Calanus glacialis and Metridia longa. <em>Arthropod Structure & Development.</em> 73(12-14):1-9. 101249., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asd.2023.101249 [details] Available for editors
additional source Schmid, M. (2017). The race for lipids : ontogeny of the fine-scale vertical co-distribution of arctic calanoid copepods and their phytoplankton food as elucidated by artificial intelligence coupled with an imaging profiler. <em>Thèse de Doctorat, Université Laval, Montréal, Québec, Canada.</em> 131 pp. [details] Available for editors
additional source Lightfoot, M. (2023). Light sensitivity of the Arctic copepod Metridia longa during Midnight Sun and Polar Night. <em>M.Sc. Thesis, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA.</em> 67 pp., available online at https://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/33254 [details] Available for editors
ecology source Brun, P., M.R. Payne & T. Kiørboe. (2017). A trait database for marine copepods. <em>Earth System Science Data.</em> 9(1):99-113., available online at https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-99-2017 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Arctic to Long Island Sound [details]Habitat upper region of the mesopelagic and glacial of the Gulf and estuary [details]
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list
To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (111 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Metridia longa)
To GenBank (285 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (54 records)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (111 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Metridia longa)
To GenBank (285 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (54 records)
To ITIS
