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

Ridgewayia Thompson I.C. & Scott A., 1903

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lampoidopus*	Esterly, 1911	synonym

Children

Ridgewayia marki (Esterly, 1911)

Literature

original description	Thompson, I.C. & A. Scott. (1903). Report on the Copepoda collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. In: Herdman, W.A. (ed.). Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. 1, suppl. 7: 227-307, text-fig. 1, pls. 1-20.
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	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Ridgewayia Thompson I.C. & Scott A., 1903. 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:104218