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AfReMaS taxon detailsOithona nana Giesbrecht, 1893
106651 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106651)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh,
Giesbrecht, W. (1892-1893). Systematik und Faunistik der pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. Systematics and faunistics of the pelagic copepods of the Gulf of Naples and the adjacent marine areas. <em>Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel und der Angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte, Herausgegeben von der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel.</em> 19:1-831, pls. 1-54.[published in sections over 2 years, 1892-1893]]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/798364
page(s): 538, 541, 542 [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Oithona nana Giesbrecht, 1893. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106651 on 2026-02-10
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Oithona nana Giesbrecht, 1893. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106651 on 2026-02-10
original description
Giesbrecht, W. (1892-1893). Systematik und Faunistik der pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. Systematics and faunistics of the pelagic copepods of the Gulf of Naples and the adjacent marine areas. <em>Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel und der Angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte, Herausgegeben von der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel.</em> 19:1-831, pls. 1-54.[published in sections over 2 years, 1892-1893]]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/798364
page(s): 538, 541, 542 [details] context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] context source (HKRMS) Lee, C.N.W. (2002). The ecology of planktonic copepods and hyperbenthic communities in the Cape d'Aguilar Marine Reserve, Hong Kong. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. [details] context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2015): Zooplankton monitoring in the Belgian Part of the North Sea between 2009 and 2010. [details] context source (Bermuda) Sterrer, W. (1986). Marine fauna and flora of Bermuda: a systematic guide to the identification of marine organisms. <em>Wiley-Interscience Publication. Wiley.</em> 742 pp (Nemertini part). [details] Available for editors  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] additional source Khalil, M.T. & N.S. El-Rakman. (1997). Abundance and diversity of surface zooplankton in the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea, Egypt. <em>Journal of Plankton Research.</em> 19(7): 927-936., available online at http://plankt.oxfordjournals.org/content/19/7/927.short [details] Available for editors additional source Atienza, D., A. Calbet, E. Saiz, M. Alcaraz & I. Trepat. (2006). Trophic impact, metabolism, and biogeochemical role of the marine cladoceran Penilia avirostris and the co-dominant copepod Oithona nana in NW Mediterranean coastal waters. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 150(2):221-235., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-006-0351-z [details] Available for editors additional source Esterly, C.O. (1928). The periodic occurrence of Copepoda in the marine plankton of two successive years at La Jolla, California. Bulletin of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Technical Series 1:247-345, figs. 1-19. (30-iii-1928) [details] Available for editors 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 additional source Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41. [details] Available for editors additional source Sugier, K., B. Vacherie, A. Cornils, P. Wincker, J.L. Jamet & M.A. Madoui. (2018). Chitin distribution in the Oithona digestive and reproductive systems revealed by fluorescence microscopy. <em>PEERJ.</em> 6:1-11., available online at https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4685 [details] Available for editors additional source Salinas Cadena, M.E. (2007). Abundancia, distribución y variación temporal de copépodos marinos (Calanoideos, harpacticoideos, cyclopoideos, poecilostomatoideos y monstrilloideos), en aguas costeras de la Bahía de Santa Elena: La Libertad durante octubre 2004/octubre 2005. [Abundance, distribution and temporal variation of marine copepods (Calanoids, Harpacticoids, Cyclopoids, Poecilostomatoids and Monstrelloids) in coastal waters of Santa Elena Bay: La Libertad during October 2004/October 2005.]. <em>Tesis de Biología Marina, Universidad Estatal Península de Santa Elena, La Libertad, Ecuador.</em> 261 pp. [In Spanish; English abstract]., available online at https://repositorio.upse.edu.ec/handle/46000/829 [details] Available for editors additional source Svensen, C. & M. Vernet. (2016). Production of dissolved organic carbon by Oithona nana (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) grazing on two species of dinoflagellates. <em>Marine Biology, Berlin.</em> 163(11):1-8., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-016-3005-9 [details] Available for editors additional source Magouz, F.I., M.A. Essa, M. Matter, A.T. Mansour, M. Alkafafy & M. Ashour. (2021). Population Dynamics, Fecundity and Fatty Acid Composition of Oithona nana (Cyclopoida, Copepoda), Fed on Different Diets. <em>Animals.</em> 11(5):1-12. MAY 2021., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11051188 [details] Available for editors additional source Magouz, F.I., M.A. Essa, M. Matter, A.T. Mansour, A. Gaber & M. Ashour. (2021). Effect of Different Salinity Levels on Population Dynamics and Growth of the Cyclopoid Copepod Oithona nana. <em>Diversity-Basel.</em> 13(5):1-11. MAY 2021., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/d13050190 [details] Available for editors additional source Magoz, F.I., M.A. Essa, M. Matter & M. Ashour. (2021). Evaluation of the population growth and fatty acid composition of Copepoda, Oithona nana, fed on different diets. <em>International Journal of Aquatic Biology.</em> 9(3):167-176., available online at https://doi.org/10.22034/ijab.v9i3.1056 [details] Available for editors additional source Annabi-Trabelsi, N., R. Kobbi-Rebai, Y. Al-Enezi, M. Ali, M.N.V. Subrahmanyam, G. Belmonte & H. Ayadi. (2021). Factors affecting Oithona nana and Oithona similis along a salinity gradient. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 22(3):552-565., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.24530 [details] Available for editors additional source Sugier, K., R. Laso-Jadart, B. Vacherie, Jo.Käfer, L. Bertrand, K. Labadie, N. Martins, C. Orvain, E. Petit, P. Wincker, J.L. Jamet, A. Alberti & M.A. Madoui. (2021). Male differentiation in the marine Copepod Oithona nana reveals the development of a new nervous ganglion and Lin12-Notch-repeat protein-associated proteolysis. <em>Biology, MDPI.</em> 10 (7):1-15. [details] Available for editors additional source Aldea Taco, F.I. (2022). Efecto de la salinidad en el cultivo de Oithona nana (copepoda: cyclopoida) en condiciones de laboratorio. [Effect of salinity on the cultivation of Oithona nana (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) under laboratory conditions.]. <em>B.Sc. Thesis, Universidad Nacional Jorge Basadre Grohmann, Tacna, Peru.</em> xvi + 82 pp., available online at http://repositorio.unjbg.edu.pe/handle/UNJBG/4768 [details] Available for editors additional source Sugier, K. (2019). Molecular and anatomical study of the epipelagic copepod Oithona nana (Crustacea; Cyclopoida). Etude moléculaire et anatomique du copépode épipélagique Oithona nana (Copepoda; Cyclopoida). <em>Thèse de doctorat, l'Université Paris-Saclay, at l'Université Evry Val d'Essonne and CEA-Genoscope, Evry, France.</em> 189 pp. [In English and French]., available online at http:// 2019SACLE045.pdf (univ-evry.fr) [details] Available for editors additional source Ladhar, C., F. Denis, W. Guermazi, N. Annabi-Trabelsi, N. Casse, H. Ayadi & G.N. Hotos. (2024). Phylogeny and Genetic Population Structure of Dominant Copepods in Two Ponds with Contrasting Salinities in the Solar Saltern of Sfax (Tunisia) Based on Mitochondrial (COI and Cytb) and Nuclear (18S) DNA Sequences. <em>Diversity-Basel.</em> 16(12):1-15. Dec 2024., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/d16120751 [details] Available for editors 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 additional source Karavaev, V.A. (1895). Materialy k' faune veslonogikh (Copepoda) Chernago morya. [Materials on fauna of Copepoda of the Black Sea.]. <em>Zapiski Kiyevskago Obshchestva Estestvoispytatelei (Mémoires de la Société des Naturalistes de Kiev).</em> 14(1):117-174, pls. 1-3. (1895) (Russian with French summary). [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 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 additional source Margineanu, C. (1968). Sur l'écologie de quelques espèces du zooplancton de la mer Noire, la Méditerrannée et l'Océan Atlantique. 1. Acartia clausi, Oithona nana et Penilia avirostris. [On the ecology of some species of zooplankton of the Black Sea, the Mediterranean and the Atlantic Ocean. 1. Acartia clausi, Oithona nana and Penilia avirostris.]. <em>Travaux du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle Grigore Antipa.</em> 8(1):273-278. [details] Available for editors additional source Lampitt, R.S. & J.C. Gamble. (1982). Diet and respiration of the small planktonic marine copepod Oithona nana. <em>Marine Biology, Berlin.</em> 66(2):185-190, figs. 1-4, tab. 1. (ii-1982). [details] Available for editors additional source Murphy, H.E. (1923). The life cycle of Oithona nana, reared experimentally. University of California Publications in Zoology 22(13):449-454, figs. 1-5. [details] additional source Muxagata, E.M. & J.A. Williams. (2004). The Mesozooplankton of the Solent-Southampton Water system: a photographic guide. Southampton Oceanography Centre, Southampton, U.K. 103 pp. [details] Available for editors 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 additional source Nishida, S., O. Tanaka & M. Omori. (1977). Cyclopoid copepods of the family Oithonidae in Suruga Bay and adjacent waters. Bulletin of the Plankton Society of Japan 24(2):119-158, figs. 1-26, tabs. 1-2. [details] Available for editors additional source Richard, S. & J.L. Jamet. 2001. An unusual distribution of Oithona nana Giesbrecht (1892) (Crustacea: Cyclopoida) in a Bay: The case of Toulon Bay (France, Mediterranean Sea). Journal of Coastal Research 17(4): 957-963. [details] Available for editors 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 Sazhina, L.I. (1985). Naupliusy massovykh vidov pelagickeskikh kopepod Mirovogo okeana. [Nauplii of mass species pelagic copeopds of the world ocean.]. <em>Naukova Dumka, Kiev.</em> 238 pp. [details] Available for editors additional source Sewell, R.B.S. (1924). Crustacea Copepoda: Fauna of Chilka Lake. <em>Memoirs of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.</em> 5(12):771-851, pls. 44-59. (vii-1924). [details] Available for editors 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 additional source Williams, J.A. & E. Muxagata. (2006). The seasonal abundance and production of Oithona nana (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) in Southampton Water. <em>Journal of Plankton Research.</em> 28(11):1055-1065. [details] Available for editors additional source Gollasch, S., H. Rosenthal, H. Botnen, J. Hamer, I. Laing, E. Leppäkoski, E. Macdonald, D. Minchin, M. Nauke, S. Olenin, S. Utting, M. Voigt & I. Wallentinus. (2000). Fluctuations of zooplankton taxa in ballast water during short-term and long-term ocean-going voyages. <em>International Review of Hydrobiology.</em> 85(5-6):597-608., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/1522-2632(200011)85:5/6<597::AID-IROH597>3.0.CO;2-4 [details] Available for editors additional source Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors additional source Karanovic, T. (2008). Marine Interstitial Poecilostomatoida and Cyclopoida (Copepoda) of Australia. Crustaceana Monograph, Brill, Leiden 9:1-336, available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=PKFrWRaCzFoC [details] Available for editors additional source Paulmier, G. (2009). Les copepodes Cyclopoidea (Genres Oithona, Oncaea, Corycaeus) des eaux neritiques et de la Bretagne et de la Normandie occidentale. [Copepods Cyclopoidea (genus Oithona, Oncaea, Corycaeus) of neritic waters of Brittany and Western Normandy.]. <em>Bulletin de la Societe Linneenne de Bordeaux.</em> 37(2):175-190. (French). [details] Available for editors additional source Temperoni, B. (2008). Producción estacional de Oithona nana (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) en aguas costeras de Argentina. [The seasonal production of Oithona nana (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) in the coastal waters off Argentina.]. <em>Tesis de Grado, Licenciatura en Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Mar del Plata, Argentina.</em> 73 pp. [In Spanish.]. [details] Available for editors additional source Torres-González, C. (2006). Desarrollo y crecimiento de estadios naupliares del copépodo Oithona nana en condiciones experimentales: influencia de la calidad de la dieta. [Development and growth of naupliar stages of the copepod Oithona nana in experimental conditions: influence of diet quality.] Tesis de Maestría, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile. [In Spanish.] [details] Available for editors additional source Suárez-Morales, E., J.W. Fleeger & P.A. Montagna. (2009). Free-living Copepoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder, D. L. & D.K. Camp [Eds]. Gulf of Mexico: origin, waters, and biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 1393 pp.</em> Chapter pagination: 841-869. [details] Available for editors additional source Temperoni, B., M.D. Viñas, N. Diovisalvi & R. Negri. (2011). Seasonal production of Oithona nana Giesbrecht, 1893 (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) in temperate coastal waters off Argentina. <em>Journal of Plankton Research.</em> 33(5):729-740. [details] Available for editors additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors additional source Cepeda, G.D., L. Blanco-Bercial, A. Bucklin C.M. Beron & M.D. Vinas. (2012). Molecular Systematic of Three Species of Oithona (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) from the Atlantic Ocean: Comparative Analysis Using 28S rDNA. <em>PLoS One.</em> 7(4):1-7. e35861., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0035861 [details] Available for editors additional source Al-Yamani, F.Y., V. Skryabin, A. Gubanova, S. Khvorov & I. Prusova. (2011). Marine Zooplankton Practical Guide for the Northwestern Arabian Gulf. Volume 2. <em>Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Safat Kuwait.</em> 196 pp. [details] Available for editors additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] 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  Present 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
To Barcode of Life To Biodiversity Heritage Library (80 publications) To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oithona nana) To GenBank (12037 nucleotides; 17 proteins) To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (12 records) To ITIS |
