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

Metridia macrura Sars G.O., 1905

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Metridia*	Boeck, 1865	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Sars, G.O. (1905). Liste préliminaire des Calanoides recueillis pendant les campagnes de S.A.S. le Prince Albert de Monaco, avec diagnoses des genres et des espéces nouvelles. (2 e partie). [Preliminary list of Calanoides collected during the campaigns of H.S.H. Prince Albert of Monaco, with diagnoses of the new genera and species. (Part 2).]. Bulletin du Musée Océanographique de Monaco. 40:1-24.
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	Grice, G.D. & K. Hulsemann. (1967). Bathypelagic calanoid copepods of the western Indian Ocean. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 122(3583):1-67, figs. 1-319.
additional source	Scott, A. (1909). The Copepoda of the Siboga Expedition. Part I. Free-swimming, littoral and semi-parasitic Copepoda. Siboga Expeditie, Monograph, Leiden. 29:1-323, pls. 1-69.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Sewell, R.B.S. (1932). The Copepoda of Indian Seas. Calanoida. Memoirs of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 10:223-407, figs. 82-131, pls. 1-6. (xii-1929, v-1932).
additional source	ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32.
ecology source	Brun, P., M.R. Payne & T. Kiørboe. (2017). A trait database for marine copepods. Earth System Science Data. 9(1):99-113.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Metridia macrura Sars G.O., 1905. 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:104634