Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Tunicata > Class Thaliacea > Order Salpida > Family Salpidae > Subfamily Salpinae

Ritteriella Metcalf, 1919

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Ritteriella amboinensis (Apstein, 1904)
Ritteriella picteti (Apstein, 1904)
Ritteriella retracta (Ritter, 1906)

Literature

original description

Metcalf, M.M. 1919. Metcalf and Bell upon Salpidae. Science N.Y. 50 (1279): 19-20.

basis of record

Van Soest, R.W.M. 1974b. A revision of the genera Salpa Forskål, 1775, Pegea Savigny, 1816, and Ritteriella Metcalf, 1919 (Tunicata, Thaliacea). Beaufortia 22 (293): 153-191.

additional source

van der Land, J.; van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Thaliacea, 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. 355-356

additional source

Nomenclator Zoologicus

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External Links

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Citation

van Soest, R. (2014). Ritteriella Metcalf, 1919. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137232

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2013-03-24 by Rob van Soest

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