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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOithona similis Claus, 1866 
AphiaID: 106656

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorArthropoda (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCrustacea (Subphylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMulticrustacea (Superclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCopepoda (Subclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorNeocopepoda (Infraclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPodoplea (Superorder) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCyclopoida (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOithonidae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOithona (Genus) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOithona similis (Species)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOithona Baird, 1843
Orig. name Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOithona similis Claus, 1866
Synonymised
names		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOithona helgolandica (Claus, 1863)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOithona pygmaea Boeck, 1865 (listed as probable synonym by Giesbrecht, 1892)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOithona spinifrons Boeck, 1865
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOithonella helgolandica Claus, 1863 (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]

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Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Polish Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorojtona  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution 
From editor or global species database
North Atlantic Ocean
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorEuropean waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorUnited Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From regional or thematic species database
(no group)
Trusted: edited by a thematic editorCosmopolitan (World Oceans) [details]
From other sources
Arctic Ocean
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorArctic Ocean [details]
Baltic Sea
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorPolish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Barentsz Sea
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorBarents Sea [details]
Beaufort Sea
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorCanada Basin [details]
Black Sea
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorBulgarian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorGeorgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorRomanian Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorRussian part of the Black Sea [details]
Canada
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorCanadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Pacific part] [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Gulf of Mexico
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorGulf of Mexico [details]
Gulf of Saint Lawrence
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorGulf of St. Lawrence [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSt. Lawrence Estuary [details]
Ireland
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorIrish Exclusive economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
New Zealand
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorNew Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
North Atlantic Ocean
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorGulf of Maine [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorNorth West Atlantic [details]
North Pacific Ocean
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorNorth Pacific [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
North Sea
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorBelgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorNorth Sea [details]
Norwegian Sea
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorStorfjords [details]
Turkey
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTurkish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Ukraine
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorUkrainian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
(no group)
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorFAO fishing area 18 [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorFAO fishing area 67 [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorNorth East Pacific [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorStorfjordrenna [details]
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDelivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE) 
Trusted: edited by a thematic editorMarine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS)  Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Antarctic Invertebrates 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Barcode of Life (26 barcodes) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biodiversity Heritage Library (161 publications) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo GenBank (35 nucleotides; 18 proteins) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Marine Species Identification Portal 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo PESI 
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTo USNM Invertebrate Zoology Copepod Collection 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo ITIS
Notes 
From other sources
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDistribution Arctic to Cape Cod [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorHabitat upper and glacial epipelagic regions of the Gulf and estuary [details]
ImagesChecked: verified by a taxonomic editor 
Oithona similis and Oithona atlantica
Oithona similis and Oi...
Oithona similis
Oithona similis
Oithona helgolandica from Sars, G.O. 1913
Oithona helgolandica f...
[image from synonym]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106656
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Boxshall, Geoff
2008-04-16 14:29:44Z  changed  Kouwenberg, Juliana
  
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  Citation: Boxshall, G. (2008). Oithona similis Claus, 1866. In: Walter, T.C. & Boxshall, G. (2016). World of Copepods database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106656 on 2016-09-27
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