African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Dioithona Kiefer, 1935

AphiaID

346356 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:346356)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Oithonidae Dana, 1853-1855

Original name

Dioithona Kiefer, 1935

Direct children (2)

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Species Dioithona oculata (Farran, 1913)
Species Dioithona rigida (Giesbrecht, 1896)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Kiefer, F. (1935). Zur Kenntnis der Oithonidae (Crustacea Copepoda Cyclopoida). [On the knowledge of the Oithonidae (Crustacea Copepoda Cyclopoida).]. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 112(11-12):322-327, figs. 1-9. (15-xii-1935). [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Dioithona Kiefer, 1935. 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=346356 on 2026-04-14

Regional species database citation

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. Dioithona Kiefer, 1935. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=346356 on 2026-04-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-07-09 09:00:28Z

created

Kouwenberg, Juliana

2015-05-11 06:37:22Z

changed

Walter, T. Chad

2023-01-12 12:53:04Z

changed

Walter, T. Chad

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original description Kiefer, F. (1935). Zur Kenntnis der Oithonidae (Crustacea Copepoda Cyclopoida). [On the knowledge of the Oithonidae (Crustacea Copepoda Cyclopoida).]. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 112(11-12):322-327, figs. 1-9. (15-xii-1935). [details] Available for editors

additional source Aneesh, K.S., B. Santhosh, F.M. Anzeer, V.A. Mijo, C. Unnikrishnan, K.H. Jose, A. Udayakumar & Y. Greever. (2018). Biological information and culture techniques of Dioithona sp. In: Santhosh, B., M.K. Anil, F.M. Anzeer, K.S. Aneesh, V. Mijo, G.G. Abraham, R.M. George, A. Gopalakrishnan & C. Unnikrishnan (Eds.). (2018). Culture Techniques of Marine Copepods. ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi, Kerala, India, St. Francis Press, Kochi. 144 pp. 91-98. [details] Available for editors

Definitions

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3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Dioithona

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