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Oithona Baird, 1843 
AphiaID: 106485

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Copepoda (Subclass) > Neocopepoda (Infraclass) > Podoplea (Superorder) > Cyclopoida (Order) > Oithonidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Genus
Parent Oithonidae Dana, 1853
Synonymised
taxa
  Oithonella Sars G.O., 1886 (synonym)
Oithonina Sars G.O., 1913 (synonym)
Oithonopsis Brady, 1915 (synonym)
Scribella Dana, 1849 (synonym)
Sources  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 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Costello, M.J.; Emblow, C.; White, R. (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. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. ISBN 2-85653-538-0. 463 pp. [details]

from synonym: Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. [details] [view taxon]

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 Species Oithona abbreviata Dana, 1852
Species Oithona aculeata Farran, 1913
Species Oithona alia (Kiefer, 1935)
Species Oithona alvarezi Lindberg, 1955
Species Oithona amazonica Burckhardt, 1913
  » Subspecies Oithona amazonica continentalis Lindberg, 1954
Species Oithona aruensis Früchtl, 1923
Species Oithona atlantica Farran, 1908
Species Oithona attenuata Farran, 1913
  » Subspecies Oithona attenuata latithoracica Früchtl, 1923
  » Natio Oithona attenuata latithoracica natio trisetosa Früchtl, 1923
Species Oithona australis Nishida, 1986
Species Oithona bjornbergae Ferrari F.D. & Bowman, 1980
Species Oithona bowmani Rocha C.E.F., 1985
Species Oithona canhanhae Oliveira, 1945
Species Oithona challengeri Brady, 1883
Species Oithona colcarva Bowman, 1975
Species Oithona cruralis Nishida, Tanaka & Omori, 1977
Species Oithona davisae Ferrari F.D. & Orsi, 1984
Species Oithona decipiens Farran, 1913
Species Oithona dissimilis Lindberg, 1940
  » Subspecies Oithona dissimilis oceanica Lindberg, 1947
Species Oithona erythrops Brady, 1915
Species Oithona fallax Farran, 1913
Species Oithona farrani (Brady, 1915)
Species Oithona fonsecae Ferrari F.D. & Bowman, 1980
Species Oithona fragilis Nishida, 1979
Species Oithona frigida Giesbrecht, 1902
  » Subspecies Oithona frigida pseudofrigida Rosendorn, 1917
Species Oithona gessneri Kiefer, 1954
Species Oithona hamata Rosendorn, 1917
Species Oithona hebes Giesbrecht, 1891
Species Oithona horai Sewell, 1934
Species Oithona linearis Giesbrecht, 1891
Species Oithona longispina Nishida, Tanaka & Omori, 1977
Species Oithona minuta Scott T., 1894
Species Oithona nana Giesbrecht, 1893
Species Oithona neotropica Herbst, 1967
Species Oithona nishidai McKinnon, 2000
Species Oithona oculata Farran, 1913
Species Oithona oligohalina Fonseca & Björnberg T.K.S., 1976
Species Oithona oraemaris Oliveira, 1946
Species Oithona oswaldocruzi Oliveira, 1945
Species Oithona ovalis Herbst, 1955
Species Oithona ovata Lindberg, 1950
Species Oithona pelagica Farran, 1908
Species Oithona plumifera Baird, 1843
  » Subspecies Oithona plumifera atlantica Farran, 1913
Species Oithona plumosa Lindberg, 1947
  » Subspecies Oithona plumosa pseudoplumosa Lindberg, 1947
Species Oithona pseudofrigida Rosendorn, 1917
Species Oithona pseudovivida Shuvalov, 1980
Species Oithona pygmaea Boeck, 1865
Species Oithona rigida Giesbrecht, 1896
Species Oithona robertsoni McKinnon, 2000
Species Oithona robusta Giesbrecht, 1891
Species Oithona rostralis Nishida, Tanaka & Omori, 1977
Species Oithona sapucaiae Oliveira, 1945
Species Oithona scriba (Dana, 1849)
Species Oithona setigera Dana, 1852
  » Subspecies Oithona setigera pelagica Nishida, Tanaka & Omori, 1977
» Subspecies Oithona setigera typica Nishida, Tanaka & Omori, 1977
Species Oithona similis Claus, 1866
Species Oithona simplex Farran, 1913
  » Subspecies Oithona simplex quinquesetosa Früchtl, 1923
Species Oithona sinensis Burckhardt, 1912
Species Oithona spinifrons Boeck, 1865
Species Oithona spinirostris Claus, 1863
Species Oithona spinulosa Lindberg, 1974
Species Oithona splendens Baird, 1843
Species Oithona tenuis Rosendorn, 1917
Species Oithona tropica Wolfenden, 1906
Species Oithona vivida Farran, 1913
Species Oithona wellershausi Ferrari F.D., 1982

Species Oithona brevicornis Giesbrecht, 1891 represented as Oithona brevicornis brevicornis Giesbrecht, 1891 (alternate representation)
  » Subspecies Oithona brevicornis arostrata Früchtl, 1923
» Subspecies Oithona brevicornis aruensis Früchtl, 1923
» Subspecies Oithona brevicornis brevicornis Giesbrecht, 1891
» Subspecies Oithona brevicornis minor Nishida, Tanaka & Omori, 1977
» Subspecies Oithona brevicornis typica Nishida, Tanaka & Omori, 1977

Species Oithona helgolandica (Claus, 1863) accepted as Oithona similis Claus, 1866
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Links 3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Oithona
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Oithona
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added on 2010-03-08 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada ()
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106485
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Boxshall, Geoff
  
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  Citation: Boxshall, G. (2013). Oithona Baird, 1843. In: Walter, T.C. & Boxshall, G. (2013). World of Copepods database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106485 on 2013-05-24
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