WoRMS taxon details
Oithona davisae Ferrari F.D. & Orsi, 1984
353995 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:353995)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Ferrari, F.D. & J.J. Orsi. (1984). Oithona davisae, new species, and Limnoithona sinensis (Burckhardt, 1912) (Copepoda: Oithonidae) from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Estuary, California. Journal of Crustacean Biology 4(1):106-126, figs. 1-14. (13-i-1984), available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/7285 [details] Available for editors 
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Shiganova, T., A. Stupnikova & K. Stefanova. (2015). Genetic analyses of non-native species Oithona davisae Ferrari FD & Orsi, 1984 in the Black Sea. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 4(2):91-95., available online at https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2015.4.2.04 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]Shiganova, T., A. Stupnikova & K. Stefanova. (2015). Genetic analyses of non-native species Oithona davisae Ferrari FD & Orsi, 1984 in the Black Sea. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 4(2):91-95., available online at https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2015.4.2.04 [details] Available for editors
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Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Oithona davisae Ferrari F.D. & Orsi, 1984. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=353995 on 2025-07-29
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Nomenclature
original description
Ferrari, F.D. & J.J. Orsi. (1984). Oithona davisae, new species, and Limnoithona sinensis (Burckhardt, 1912) (Copepoda: Oithonidae) from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Estuary, California. Journal of Crustacean Biology 4(1):106-126, figs. 1-14. (13-i-1984), available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/7285 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description Shiganova, T., A. Stupnikova & K. Stefanova. (2015). Genetic analyses of non-native species Oithona davisae Ferrari FD & Orsi, 1984 in the Black Sea. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 4(2):91-95., available online at https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2015.4.2.04 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]original description Shiganova, T., A. Stupnikova & K. Stefanova. (2015). Genetic analyses of non-native species Oithona davisae Ferrari FD & Orsi, 1984 in the Black Sea. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 4(2):91-95., available online at https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2015.4.2.04 [details] Available for editors
[request]Ecology
ecology source
Brun, P., M.R. Payne & T. Kiørboe. (2017). A trait database for marine copepods. <em>Earth System Science Data.</em> 9(1):99-113., available online at https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-99-2017 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]Other
context source (Introduced species)
Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (HKRMS) Lee CNW. (2003).Seasonal changes in the planktonic copepod community of the southeastern coastal waters of Hong Kong. In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of an International Workshop Reunion Conference, Hong Kong: Perspectives on Marine Environment Change in Hong Kong and Southern China, 1977-2001.Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. pp 367-387. [details]
additional source Carlton, J.T. & J.B. Geller. (1993). Ecological roulette: the global transport of nonindigenous marine organisms. Science, New York 261:78-82. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Yoo, K.I. & D.H. Lim. (1993). Cyclopoid copepods of genus Oithona in Korean waters. Korean Journal of Systematic Zoology 9(2):91-102. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Svetlichny, L.S., E.S. Hubareva & M. Isinibilir. (2018). Population dynamics of the copepod invader Oithona davisae in the Black Sea. <em>Turkish Journal Of Zoology.</em> 42(6):684-693., available online at https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1804-48 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Drapun, I.E. & A.N. Khanaychenko. (2019). Morphology Of The Nauplii And Duration Of Naupliar Development Of The Black Sea Alien Species Oithona davisae Ferrari And Orsi, 1984 (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) In Laboratory Culture. <em>Rossiskii Zhurnal Biologicheskikh Invazii Russian Journal of Biological Invasions.</em> 10:12-21. May 2019., available online at https://doi.org/10.1134/S2075111719010053 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Terbiyik-Kurt, T., S. Polat & T. Guy-Haim. (2022). New invasive copepod species from the Levantine Sea, north-eastern Mediterranean: Oithona davisae (Ferrari and Orsi, 1984) (Cyclopoida: Oithonidae). <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 11(1):215-226. Mar 2022. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Svetlichny, L., J.R. Strickler & U. Obertegger. (2022). Swimming and respiration in cyclopoid copepods Thermocyclops oithonoides and Oithona davisae and calanoid copepod Paracalanus parvus. <em>Journal Of Experimental Zoology Part A- Ecological And Integrative Physiology.</em> 337(6)::835–851. Jul 2022., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.2643 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Barroeta, Z., F. Villate, I. Uriarte & A. Iriarte. (2022). Impact of Colonizer Copepods on Zooplankton Structure and Diversity in Contrasting Estuaries. <em>Estuaries And Coasts.</em> 45(7 ):1-18. Jun 2022., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-022-01105-6 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kimoto, K. (1990). Copepod Swarms Observed by SCUBA Diving in a Small Inlet of Kyushu, Japan. <em>In: Sparks, A.K. (Ed.). Marine farming and enhancement: Proceedings of the Fifteenth U.S.-Japan Meeting on Aquaculture, Kyoto, Japan October 22-23, 1986, NOAA Technical Report NMFS.</em> 85:105-109., available online at http://spo.nwr.noaa.gov/tr85.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Barroeta, Z., I. Uriarte, A. Iriarte & F. Villate. (2023). Intraregional variability of exotic and native zooplankton in Basque coast estuaries (inner Bay of Biscay): effect of secondary dispersion, estuary features and regional environmental gradients. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 850(20):1-22. Sep 2023., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-023-05363-810.1007/s10750-023-05363-8 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Beltrāo, R., M. Moinde, T. Mine & H. Ueda. (2023). Copepod community structure in the highly turbid innermost part of Ariake Bay in the 2000s with special reference to high abundances of Oithona davisae. <em>Plankton & Benthos Research.</em> 18(2): 63–73. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hirakawa, K. (1988). New records of the North Pacific coastal planktonic copepods, Acartia omorii (Acartiidae) and Oithona davisae (Oithonidae), from southern Chile. Bulletin of Marine Science 42(2):337-339. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hiromi, J. (1994). Further studies on respiration of the small planktonic copepod Oithona davisae with special reference to the effect of feeding. Bulletin of the College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Nihon University 51:149-153. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hiromi, J. (1995). Contribution of cyclopoid copepod Oithona davisae population to nutrient regeneration of Tokyo Bay during summer. <em>Bulletin of the College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Nihon University.</em> 52:113-118. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hiromi, J. (1996). Potential impact of grazing by Oithona davisae (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) in Tokyo Bay, summer 1989. Bulletin of the College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Nihon University 53:47-55. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hiromi, J., T. Nagata & S. Kadota. (1988). Respiration of the small planktonic copepod Oithona davisae at different temperatures. Bulletin of Plankton Society of Japan 35(2):143-148. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hirota, R. (1990). Microdistribution of the marine copepod Oithona davisae in the shallow waters of Araike-Kai mud flats, Japan. Marine Biology, Berlin 105(2):307-312, figs. 1-8. (vi.1990) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hirota, R. & Y. Tanaka. (1985). High abundance of Oithona davisae (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) in the shallow waters adjacent to the mud flats in Ariakke-kai, western Kyushu. Bulletin of Plankton Society of Japan 32(2):169-170, fig. 1. (xii-1985) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kiørboe, T. & M. Sabatini. (1994). Reproductive and life cycle strategies in egg-carrying cyclopoid and free-spawning calanoid copepods. Journal of Plankton Research 16(10):1353-1366. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Nishida, S. (1985). Taxonomy and distribution of the family Oithonidae (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Bulletin of the Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo 20:1-167, figs. 1-101, tabs. 1-8, Appendix with Tabs. 1-2. (Vii-1985). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Uye, S.I. & K. Sano. (1998). Seasonal variations in biomass, growth rate and production rate of the small cyclopoid copepod Oithona davisae in a temperate eutrophic inlet. Marine Ecology Progress Series 163:37-44. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Uchima, M. (1985). Copulation in the marine copepod Oithona davisae Ferrari & Orsi. I. Mate discrimination. Bulletin of the Plankton Society of Japan 32(1):23-30, tabs. 1-5. (vii-1985) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Uchima, M. (1985). Copulation in the marine copepod Oithona davisae Ferrari & Orsi. II. Relationship between copulation and egg-laying. Bulletin of the Plankton Society of Japan 32(1):31-36, tabs. 1-4. (vii-1985) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Uchima, M. (1988). Gut contents of the neritic copepods Acartia omorii and Oithona davisae by a new method. Marine Ecology Progress Series 48(1):93-97. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Uchima, M. & M. Murano. (1988). Mating behavior of the marine copopod Oithona davisae. Marine Biology, Berlin 99(1):39-45, figs. 1-5. (viii.1988) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Uchima, M. & R. Hirano. (1986). Food of Oithona davidae (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) and the effect of food concentration at first feeding of the larval growth. Bulletin of Plankton Society of Japan 33(1):21-28, fig. 1, tabs. 1-4. (vii.1986) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Uchima, M. & R. Hirano. (1988). Swimming behavior of the marine copepod Oithona davisae: internal control and search for environment. Marine Biology, Berlin 99(1):47-56, figs. 1-10, tabs. 1-2. (viii.1988) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Uye, S.I. & F. Yamamoto. (1995). In situ feeding of the planktonic copepod Calanus sinicus in the Inland Sea of Japan, examined by the gut fluorescence method. Bulletin of the Plankton Society of Japan 42(2):123-139. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Chang, C.Y. (2009). Illustrated encyclopedia of fauna & flora of Korea. Vol. 42. Inland-water Copepoda. <em>Jeonghaeng-sa, Ministry of Education, Seoul, South Korea.</em> 42:1-687. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]context source (HKRMS) Lee CNW. (2003).Seasonal changes in the planktonic copepod community of the southeastern coastal waters of Hong Kong. In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of an International Workshop Reunion Conference, Hong Kong: Perspectives on Marine Environment Change in Hong Kong and Southern China, 1977-2001.Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. pp 367-387. [details]
additional source Carlton, J.T. & J.B. Geller. (1993). Ecological roulette: the global transport of nonindigenous marine organisms. Science, New York 261:78-82. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Yoo, K.I. & D.H. Lim. (1993). Cyclopoid copepods of genus Oithona in Korean waters. Korean Journal of Systematic Zoology 9(2):91-102. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Svetlichny, L.S., E.S. Hubareva & M. Isinibilir. (2018). Population dynamics of the copepod invader Oithona davisae in the Black Sea. <em>Turkish Journal Of Zoology.</em> 42(6):684-693., available online at https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1804-48 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Drapun, I.E. & A.N. Khanaychenko. (2019). Morphology Of The Nauplii And Duration Of Naupliar Development Of The Black Sea Alien Species Oithona davisae Ferrari And Orsi, 1984 (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) In Laboratory Culture. <em>Rossiskii Zhurnal Biologicheskikh Invazii Russian Journal of Biological Invasions.</em> 10:12-21. May 2019., available online at https://doi.org/10.1134/S2075111719010053 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Terbiyik-Kurt, T., S. Polat & T. Guy-Haim. (2022). New invasive copepod species from the Levantine Sea, north-eastern Mediterranean: Oithona davisae (Ferrari and Orsi, 1984) (Cyclopoida: Oithonidae). <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 11(1):215-226. Mar 2022. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Svetlichny, L., J.R. Strickler & U. Obertegger. (2022). Swimming and respiration in cyclopoid copepods Thermocyclops oithonoides and Oithona davisae and calanoid copepod Paracalanus parvus. <em>Journal Of Experimental Zoology Part A- Ecological And Integrative Physiology.</em> 337(6)::835–851. Jul 2022., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.2643 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Barroeta, Z., F. Villate, I. Uriarte & A. Iriarte. (2022). Impact of Colonizer Copepods on Zooplankton Structure and Diversity in Contrasting Estuaries. <em>Estuaries And Coasts.</em> 45(7 ):1-18. Jun 2022., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-022-01105-6 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kimoto, K. (1990). Copepod Swarms Observed by SCUBA Diving in a Small Inlet of Kyushu, Japan. <em>In: Sparks, A.K. (Ed.). Marine farming and enhancement: Proceedings of the Fifteenth U.S.-Japan Meeting on Aquaculture, Kyoto, Japan October 22-23, 1986, NOAA Technical Report NMFS.</em> 85:105-109., available online at http://spo.nwr.noaa.gov/tr85.pdf [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Barroeta, Z., I. Uriarte, A. Iriarte & F. Villate. (2023). Intraregional variability of exotic and native zooplankton in Basque coast estuaries (inner Bay of Biscay): effect of secondary dispersion, estuary features and regional environmental gradients. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 850(20):1-22. Sep 2023., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-023-05363-810.1007/s10750-023-05363-8 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Beltrāo, R., M. Moinde, T. Mine & H. Ueda. (2023). Copepod community structure in the highly turbid innermost part of Ariake Bay in the 2000s with special reference to high abundances of Oithona davisae. <em>Plankton & Benthos Research.</em> 18(2): 63–73. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hirakawa, K. (1988). New records of the North Pacific coastal planktonic copepods, Acartia omorii (Acartiidae) and Oithona davisae (Oithonidae), from southern Chile. Bulletin of Marine Science 42(2):337-339. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hiromi, J. (1994). Further studies on respiration of the small planktonic copepod Oithona davisae with special reference to the effect of feeding. Bulletin of the College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Nihon University 51:149-153. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hiromi, J. (1995). Contribution of cyclopoid copepod Oithona davisae population to nutrient regeneration of Tokyo Bay during summer. <em>Bulletin of the College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Nihon University.</em> 52:113-118. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hiromi, J. (1996). Potential impact of grazing by Oithona davisae (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) in Tokyo Bay, summer 1989. Bulletin of the College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Nihon University 53:47-55. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hiromi, J., T. Nagata & S. Kadota. (1988). Respiration of the small planktonic copepod Oithona davisae at different temperatures. Bulletin of Plankton Society of Japan 35(2):143-148. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hirota, R. (1990). Microdistribution of the marine copepod Oithona davisae in the shallow waters of Araike-Kai mud flats, Japan. Marine Biology, Berlin 105(2):307-312, figs. 1-8. (vi.1990) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hirota, R. & Y. Tanaka. (1985). High abundance of Oithona davisae (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) in the shallow waters adjacent to the mud flats in Ariakke-kai, western Kyushu. Bulletin of Plankton Society of Japan 32(2):169-170, fig. 1. (xii-1985) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kiørboe, T. & M. Sabatini. (1994). Reproductive and life cycle strategies in egg-carrying cyclopoid and free-spawning calanoid copepods. Journal of Plankton Research 16(10):1353-1366. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Nishida, S. (1985). Taxonomy and distribution of the family Oithonidae (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Bulletin of the Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo 20:1-167, figs. 1-101, tabs. 1-8, Appendix with Tabs. 1-2. (Vii-1985). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Uye, S.I. & K. Sano. (1998). Seasonal variations in biomass, growth rate and production rate of the small cyclopoid copepod Oithona davisae in a temperate eutrophic inlet. Marine Ecology Progress Series 163:37-44. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Uchima, M. (1985). Copulation in the marine copepod Oithona davisae Ferrari & Orsi. I. Mate discrimination. Bulletin of the Plankton Society of Japan 32(1):23-30, tabs. 1-5. (vii-1985) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Uchima, M. (1985). Copulation in the marine copepod Oithona davisae Ferrari & Orsi. II. Relationship between copulation and egg-laying. Bulletin of the Plankton Society of Japan 32(1):31-36, tabs. 1-4. (vii-1985) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Uchima, M. (1988). Gut contents of the neritic copepods Acartia omorii and Oithona davisae by a new method. Marine Ecology Progress Series 48(1):93-97. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Uchima, M. & M. Murano. (1988). Mating behavior of the marine copopod Oithona davisae. Marine Biology, Berlin 99(1):39-45, figs. 1-5. (viii.1988) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Uchima, M. & R. Hirano. (1986). Food of Oithona davidae (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) and the effect of food concentration at first feeding of the larval growth. Bulletin of Plankton Society of Japan 33(1):21-28, fig. 1, tabs. 1-4. (vii.1986) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Uchima, M. & R. Hirano. (1988). Swimming behavior of the marine copepod Oithona davisae: internal control and search for environment. Marine Biology, Berlin 99(1):47-56, figs. 1-10, tabs. 1-2. (viii.1988) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Uye, S.I. & F. Yamamoto. (1995). In situ feeding of the planktonic copepod Calanus sinicus in the Inland Sea of Japan, examined by the gut fluorescence method. Bulletin of the Plankton Society of Japan 42(2):123-139. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Chang, C.Y. (2009). Illustrated encyclopedia of fauna & flora of Korea. Vol. 42. Inland-water Copepoda. <em>Jeonghaeng-sa, Ministry of Education, Seoul, South Korea.</em> 42:1-687. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species abundance in Black Sea (IHO Sea Area) : Common to dominant [details]Introduced species impact in Black Sea (IHO Sea Area) : Other impact - undefined or uncertain [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal in Black Sea (IHO Sea Area) : Ships: accidental with ballast water, sea water systems, live wells or other deck basins [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal in Black Sea (IHO Sea Area) : Most likely the vector of introduction to the Black Sea is from the ballast waters of ships (Selifonova 2009). [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal in Black Sea (IHO Sea Area) : Ships: accidental with ballast water, sea water systems, live wells or other deck basins [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal Most likely pathway of introduction into the Wadden Sea is ballast water from ships visiting the North Sea [details]
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list
To Barcode of Life (18 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oithona davisae)
To GenBank (44 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 195083)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (18 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oithona davisae)
To GenBank (44 nucleotides; 26 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 195083)
To ITIS
