Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Gymnoplea > Order Calanoida > Family Metridinidae

Metridia Boeck, 1865

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Metridia alata Roe, 1975
Metridia brevicauda Giesbrecht, 1889
Metridia curticauda Giesbrecht, 1889
Metridia discreta Farran, 1947
Metridia effusa Grice & Hulsemann, 1967
Metridia gurjanovae Brodsky, 1950
Metridia longa (Lubbock, 1854)
Metridia lucens Boeck, 1865
Metridia macrura Sars G.O., 1905
Metridia princeps Giesbrecht, 1889
Metridia venusta Giesbrecht, 1889

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: メトリディア属

Literature

original description	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].
basis of record	Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 252-268
additional source	ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Metridia Boeck, 1865. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104190