WoRMS taxon details
Oithona hebes Giesbrecht, 1891
106647 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106647)
accepted
Species
Oithona canhanhae Oliveira, 1945 · unaccepted (placed in synonymy by da Rocha, 1986)
Oithona oraemaris Oliveira, 1946 · unaccepted (placed in synonymy by da Rocha, 1986)
Oithona ovalis Herbst, 1955 · unaccepted (placed in synonymy by da Rocha, 1986)
Oithona sapucaiae Oliveira, 1945 · unaccepted (placed in synonymy by da Rocha, 1986)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Giesbrecht, W. (1891). Elenco dei Copepodi pelagici raccolti dal Tenente di vascello Gaetano Chierchia durante il viaggio della R. Corvetta 'Vettor Pisani' negli anni 1882-1885 e dal Tenente di vascello Francesco Orsini nel Mar Rosso, nel 1884. [List of pelagic copepods collected by Lieutenant Gaetano Chierchia during the voyage of the Royal Corvette 'Vettor Pisani' in the years 1882-1885 and by Lieutenant Francesco Orsini in the Red Sea, in 1884.]. <em>Atti della Reale Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Classe di Scienze Fisiche Matematiche e Naturali Rendiconti.</em> (4)7 sem. 1: 474-482., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44535672 [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Oithona hebes Giesbrecht, 1891. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106647 on 2025-10-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Giesbrecht, W. (1891). Elenco dei Copepodi pelagici raccolti dal Tenente di vascello Gaetano Chierchia durante il viaggio della R. Corvetta 'Vettor Pisani' negli anni 1882-1885 e dal Tenente di vascello Francesco Orsini nel Mar Rosso, nel 1884. [List of pelagic copepods collected by Lieutenant Gaetano Chierchia during the voyage of the Royal Corvette 'Vettor Pisani' in the years 1882-1885 and by Lieutenant Francesco Orsini in the Red Sea, in 1884.]. <em>Atti della Reale Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Classe di Scienze Fisiche Matematiche e Naturali Rendiconti.</em> (4)7 sem. 1: 474-482., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44535672 [details]
original description (of Oithona sapucaiae Oliveira, 1945) Oliveira, L.P.H. de. (1945). Contribuiçao ao conhecimento dos crustáceos do Rio de Janeiro: Ordem Eucopepoda. Contribution to the knowledge of crustaceans in Rio de Janeiro: Order Eucopepoda. <em>Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro.</em> 42(2):449-472, pls. 1-7. (iv-1945). [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Oithona canhanhae Oliveira, 1945) Oliveira, L.P.H. de. (1945). Contribuiçao ao conhecimento dos crustáceos do Rio de Janeiro: Ordem Eucopepoda. Contribution to the knowledge of crustaceans in Rio de Janeiro: Order Eucopepoda. <em>Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro.</em> 42(2):449-472, pls. 1-7. (iv-1945). [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Oithona oraemaris Oliveira, 1946) Oliveira, L.P.H. de. (1946). Estudos sobre o micropláncton capturado durante a viagem do Navio Hidrográfico Lahmeyer nas baías de Ilha Grande e Sepetiba. [Studies on microplankton captured during the voyage of the Hydrographic Vessel Lahmeyer in the bays of Ilha Grande and Sepetiba.]. <em>Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro.</em> 44(3):441-488, figs. 1-14, pls. 1-12. (ix-1946). [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Oithona ovalis Herbst, 1955) Herbst, H.V. (1955). Cyclopoida Gnathostoma (Crustacea Copepoda) von der brasilianischen Atlantikküste. [Cyclopoida Gnathostoma (Crustacea Copepoda) from the Brazilian Atlantic coast.]. <em>Kieler Meeresforschungen.</em> 11(2):214-229, pls. 27-35. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Oithona sapucaiae Oliveira, 1945) Oliveira, L.P.H. de. (1945). Contribuiçao ao conhecimento dos crustáceos do Rio de Janeiro: Ordem Eucopepoda. Contribution to the knowledge of crustaceans in Rio de Janeiro: Order Eucopepoda. <em>Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro.</em> 42(2):449-472, pls. 1-7. (iv-1945). [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Oithona canhanhae Oliveira, 1945) Oliveira, L.P.H. de. (1945). Contribuiçao ao conhecimento dos crustáceos do Rio de Janeiro: Ordem Eucopepoda. Contribution to the knowledge of crustaceans in Rio de Janeiro: Order Eucopepoda. <em>Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro.</em> 42(2):449-472, pls. 1-7. (iv-1945). [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Oithona oraemaris Oliveira, 1946) Oliveira, L.P.H. de. (1946). Estudos sobre o micropláncton capturado durante a viagem do Navio Hidrográfico Lahmeyer nas baías de Ilha Grande e Sepetiba. [Studies on microplankton captured during the voyage of the Hydrographic Vessel Lahmeyer in the bays of Ilha Grande and Sepetiba.]. <em>Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro.</em> 44(3):441-488, figs. 1-14, pls. 1-12. (ix-1946). [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Oithona ovalis Herbst, 1955) Herbst, H.V. (1955). Cyclopoida Gnathostoma (Crustacea Copepoda) von der brasilianischen Atlantikküste. [Cyclopoida Gnathostoma (Crustacea Copepoda) from the Brazilian Atlantic coast.]. <em>Kieler Meeresforschungen.</em> 11(2):214-229, pls. 27-35. [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Ferrari, F.D. (1977). A redescription of Oithona dissimilis Lindberg 1940 with a comparison to Oithona hebes Giesbrecht 1891 (Crustacea: Copepoda: Cyclopoida). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 90(2):400-411, figs. 1-5. (12-viii-1977) [details] Available for editors [request]
[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]
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additional source
Ferrari, F.D. & T.E. Bowman. (1980). Pelagic copepods of the family Oithonidae (Cyclopoida) from the east coasts of Central and South America. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 312:i-iii, 1-27, figs. 1-15, tab. 1. (26-vi-1980) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source González, J.G. & T.E. Bowman. (1965). Planktonic copepods from Bahía Fosforescente, Puerto Rico, and adjacent waters. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 117(3513):241-303. (24-viii-1965) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Goswami, S.C. (1975). Metamorphosis of two species of genus Oithona Baird (Copepoda). <em>Indian Journal of Marine Sciences.</em> 4(1):60-67, pls. 1-4, tabs. 1-2. (vi-1975). [details]
additional source Kiefer, F. (1929). Crustacea Copepoda. 2. Cyclopoida Gnathostoma. <em>Das Tierreich, Berlin und Leipzig.</em> 53:1-102. [German].
page(s): 9 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kiefer, F. (1936). Brasilianische Ruderfusskrebse (Crustacea Copepoda), gesammelt von Herrn Dr. Otto Schubart. III. Mitteilung. [Brazilian copepods (Crustacea Copepoda), collected by Dr. Otto Schubart, III. Communication.]. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 114(11-12):320-322, figs. 1-5. (15-vi-1936). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Rosendorn, I. (1917). Copepoda 1 der Deutschen Tiefsee Expedition. Die Gattung Oithona. [Copepoda 1 der Deutschen Tiefsee Expedition. [Copepoda 1 of the German Deep Sea Expedition. The genus Oithona.]. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition 'Valdivia'.</em> 23:1-58, figs. 1-27, map 1. [details]
additional source Shuvalov, V.S. (1980). Veslonogiye rachki — tsiklopoidy semeystva Oithonidae Mirovogo okeana. [Copepoda crustaceans - Cyclopoida of the family Oithonidae of the world oceans.]. <em>V serii: "Opredeliteli po faune SSSR", izdavayemoy Zoologicheskim institutom AN SSSR. Leningrad, "Nauka".</em> 125:1-197, figs. 1-64. (24-v-1980, Russian.). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Torres-Sorando, L.J., D. Zacarias, E. Zoppi de Roa & D.J. Rodríguez. (2003). Population dynamics of Oithona hebes (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) in a coastal estuarine lagoon of Venezuela: a stage-dependent matrix growth model. <em>Ecological Modelling.</em> 161(3):157-166., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/S0304-3800(02)00355-1 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Wellershaus, S. (1969). On the taxonomy of planctonic Copepoda in the Cochin Backwater (a South Indian estuary). Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Meeresforschung in Bremerhaven 11:245-286. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source González, J.G. & T.E. Bowman. (1965). Planktonic copepods from Bahía Fosforescente, Puerto Rico, and adjacent waters. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 117(3513):241-303. (24-viii-1965) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Goswami, S.C. (1975). Metamorphosis of two species of genus Oithona Baird (Copepoda). <em>Indian Journal of Marine Sciences.</em> 4(1):60-67, pls. 1-4, tabs. 1-2. (vi-1975). [details]
additional source Kiefer, F. (1929). Crustacea Copepoda. 2. Cyclopoida Gnathostoma. <em>Das Tierreich, Berlin und Leipzig.</em> 53:1-102. [German].
page(s): 9 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kiefer, F. (1936). Brasilianische Ruderfusskrebse (Crustacea Copepoda), gesammelt von Herrn Dr. Otto Schubart. III. Mitteilung. [Brazilian copepods (Crustacea Copepoda), collected by Dr. Otto Schubart, III. Communication.]. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 114(11-12):320-322, figs. 1-5. (15-vi-1936). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Rosendorn, I. (1917). Copepoda 1 der Deutschen Tiefsee Expedition. Die Gattung Oithona. [Copepoda 1 der Deutschen Tiefsee Expedition. [Copepoda 1 of the German Deep Sea Expedition. The genus Oithona.]. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition 'Valdivia'.</em> 23:1-58, figs. 1-27, map 1. [details]
additional source Shuvalov, V.S. (1980). Veslonogiye rachki — tsiklopoidy semeystva Oithonidae Mirovogo okeana. [Copepoda crustaceans - Cyclopoida of the family Oithonidae of the world oceans.]. <em>V serii: "Opredeliteli po faune SSSR", izdavayemoy Zoologicheskim institutom AN SSSR. Leningrad, "Nauka".</em> 125:1-197, figs. 1-64. (24-v-1980, Russian.). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Torres-Sorando, L.J., D. Zacarias, E. Zoppi de Roa & D.J. Rodríguez. (2003). Population dynamics of Oithona hebes (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) in a coastal estuarine lagoon of Venezuela: a stage-dependent matrix growth model. <em>Ecological Modelling.</em> 161(3):157-166., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/S0304-3800(02)00355-1 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Wellershaus, S. (1969). On the taxonomy of planctonic Copepoda in the Cochin Backwater (a South Indian estuary). Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Meeresforschung in Bremerhaven 11:245-286. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list (from synonym Oithona sapucaiae Oliveira, 1945)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Oithona ovalis Herbst, 1955)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oithona hebes)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (6 records)
To ITIS
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list (from synonym Oithona sapucaiae Oliveira, 1945)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Oithona ovalis Herbst, 1955)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oithona hebes)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (6 records)
To ITIS
