WoRMS name details
Oncaea media Giesbrecht, 1891
128938 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:128938)
alternative representation
Species
- Subspecies Oncaea media major Sewell, 1947
- Subspecies Oncaea media media Giesbrecht, 1891
- Subspecies Oncaea media minor Sewell, 1947
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. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Oncaea media Giesbrecht, 1891. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=128938 on 2026-04-05
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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]
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]
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]
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 
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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 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. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1515/9789882202429-021 [details]
context source (Bermuda) Wilson, C. B. (1936). Plankton of the Bermuda Oceanographic Expeditions IV. Notes on Copepoda . Zoologica Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society , New York, 21(7): 89-93, available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.203698 [details] Available for editors [request]
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 [request]
additional source Alameda de la Mora, G. (1980). Sistemática y distribución de los copépodos (Crustacea) del Golfo de Tehuantepec (México). [Sistemática y distribución de los copépodos (Crustacea) del Golfo de Tehuantepec (México).]. <em>Tesis Profesional, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónomo de México, Mexico City.</em> 397 pp. + 126 pls. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Boxshall, G.A. (1977). The planktonic copepods of the northeastern Atlantic Ocean: Some taxonomic observations on the Oncaeidae (Cyclopoida). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology 31(3):103-155, figs. 1-25, tabs. 1-2. (28-iv-1977) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Heron, G.A. & J.M. Bradford-Grieve. (1995). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Pelagic Copepoda: Poecilostomatoida: Oncaeidae. <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir, Wellington.</em> 104:1-57, 30 figs., 4 tables. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Malt, S.J. (1982). Developmental stages of Oncaea media Giesbrecht, 1891 and Oncaea subtilis Giesbrecht, 1892. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology 43(3):129-151, figs. 1-9, tabs. 1-4. (29-ix-1982) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Malt, S.J. (1983). Studies on the taxonomy and ecology of the marine copepod genus Oncaea Philippi. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, Queen Mary College, University of London.</em> 500 pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Nakata, K., H. Itoh, T. Ichikawa & K. Sasaki. (2004). Seasonal changes in the reproduction of three oncaeid copepods in the surface layer of the Kuroshio Extension. <em>Fisheries Oceanography.</em> 13(1):21-33., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2419.2004.00316.x [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Razouls, C. (1975). Les Oncaeidae (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) de la région de Banyuls (golfe du Lion). [The Oncaeidae (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) of the Banyuls region (Gulf of Lion).]. <em>Vie et Milieu.</em> (A)24(2):235-264, figs. 1-16, tabs. 1-2. (iv-1975) (for 1974). [details] Available for editors [request]
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 [request]
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 [request]
additional source Wi, J.H., Y.H. Yoon & H.Y. Soh. (2009). Five Oncaea species (Copepoda, Poecilostomatoida, Oncaeidae) from the Korean waters, with notes on the spatio-temporal distribution of Korean oncaeid species. Ocean Science Journal 44(2):95-115., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12601-009-0010-7 [details] Available for editors [request]
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 [request]
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 [request]
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 [request]
additional source Fitriya, N., R. Kaswadji & Mulyadi. (2012). Komposisi kopepoda di perairan Berau, Kalimantan Timur. [Species composition of copepod in Berau waters, east Kalimantan Timur. ]. <em>Oseanologi dan Limnologi di Indonesia.</em> 37(2):355-368. (Indonesian). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Scott, A. (1909). The Copepoda of the Siboga Expedition. Part I. Free-swimming, littoral and semi-parasitic Copepoda. <em>Siboga Expeditie, Monograph, Leiden.</em> 29:1-323, pls. 1-69., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2191407#page/11/mode/1up
page(s): 242 [details]
additional source Di Capua, I., F. Maffucci, R. Pannone, M.G. Mazzocchi, E. Biffali & A. Amato. (2017). Molecular phylogeny of Oncaeidae (Copepoda) using nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS rDNA). <em>Plos One.</em> 12(4):1-21., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0175662 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source López, R.H. & L.H. Mojica. (2015). Distribution and abundance of Oncaea media and O. venusta (Crustacea: Copepoda) in the Colombian Pacific Ocean during two periods in 2001. <em>Revista U.D.C.A., Actualidad & Divulgación Cientifica, Universidad de Ciencias Aplicadas y Ambientales.</em> 18(1):197-206., available online at https://doi.org/10.31910/rudca.v18.n1.2015.446 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Shoaib, F.M. & Q.B. Kazmi. (2021). Pelagic copepods collected by the northern Arabian Sea Naseer Cruise 1. <em>Lambert Academic Publishing, Dodo Books Indian Ocean Ltd.</em> 242 pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Radhika, R., K.S. Santu, S. Bijoy Nandan & M. Harikrishnan. (2024). Reconstructed phylogeny -glimpses of polyphyly of the micro-copepod genus Oncaea- (Crustacea, Copepoda: Cyclopoida, Family: Oncaeidae) using mtCOI sequences substantiated by morphology. <em>Journal of Aquaculture & Marine Biology.</em> 13(1):15-21., available online at https://doi.org/10.15406/jamb.2024.13.00391 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Suárez-Morales, E., M.C. Franco-Gordo & J.A. Cohuo-Colli. (2026). First report of oncaeids (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) feeding on pelagic nudibranchs in the mexican Pacific. <em>Crustaceana.</em> 99(1): 1-7. Jan 2026., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/15685403-bja10494 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32. [details]
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. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1515/9789882202429-021 [details]
context source (Bermuda) Wilson, C. B. (1936). Plankton of the Bermuda Oceanographic Expeditions IV. Notes on Copepoda . Zoologica Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society , New York, 21(7): 89-93, available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.203698 [details] Available for editors
[request]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
[request]additional source Alameda de la Mora, G. (1980). Sistemática y distribución de los copépodos (Crustacea) del Golfo de Tehuantepec (México). [Sistemática y distribución de los copépodos (Crustacea) del Golfo de Tehuantepec (México).]. <em>Tesis Profesional, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónomo de México, Mexico City.</em> 397 pp. + 126 pls. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Boxshall, G.A. (1977). The planktonic copepods of the northeastern Atlantic Ocean: Some taxonomic observations on the Oncaeidae (Cyclopoida). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology 31(3):103-155, figs. 1-25, tabs. 1-2. (28-iv-1977) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Heron, G.A. & J.M. Bradford-Grieve. (1995). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Pelagic Copepoda: Poecilostomatoida: Oncaeidae. <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir, Wellington.</em> 104:1-57, 30 figs., 4 tables. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Malt, S.J. (1982). Developmental stages of Oncaea media Giesbrecht, 1891 and Oncaea subtilis Giesbrecht, 1892. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology 43(3):129-151, figs. 1-9, tabs. 1-4. (29-ix-1982) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Malt, S.J. (1983). Studies on the taxonomy and ecology of the marine copepod genus Oncaea Philippi. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, Queen Mary College, University of London.</em> 500 pp. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Nakata, K., H. Itoh, T. Ichikawa & K. Sasaki. (2004). Seasonal changes in the reproduction of three oncaeid copepods in the surface layer of the Kuroshio Extension. <em>Fisheries Oceanography.</em> 13(1):21-33., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2419.2004.00316.x [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Razouls, C. (1975). Les Oncaeidae (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) de la région de Banyuls (golfe du Lion). [The Oncaeidae (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) of the Banyuls region (Gulf of Lion).]. <em>Vie et Milieu.</em> (A)24(2):235-264, figs. 1-16, tabs. 1-2. (iv-1975) (for 1974). [details] Available for editors
[request]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
[request]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
[request]additional source Wi, J.H., Y.H. Yoon & H.Y. Soh. (2009). Five Oncaea species (Copepoda, Poecilostomatoida, Oncaeidae) from the Korean waters, with notes on the spatio-temporal distribution of Korean oncaeid species. Ocean Science Journal 44(2):95-115., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12601-009-0010-7 [details] Available for editors
[request]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
[request]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
[request]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
[request]additional source Fitriya, N., R. Kaswadji & Mulyadi. (2012). Komposisi kopepoda di perairan Berau, Kalimantan Timur. [Species composition of copepod in Berau waters, east Kalimantan Timur. ]. <em>Oseanologi dan Limnologi di Indonesia.</em> 37(2):355-368. (Indonesian). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Scott, A. (1909). The Copepoda of the Siboga Expedition. Part I. Free-swimming, littoral and semi-parasitic Copepoda. <em>Siboga Expeditie, Monograph, Leiden.</em> 29:1-323, pls. 1-69., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2191407#page/11/mode/1up
page(s): 242 [details]
additional source Di Capua, I., F. Maffucci, R. Pannone, M.G. Mazzocchi, E. Biffali & A. Amato. (2017). Molecular phylogeny of Oncaeidae (Copepoda) using nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS rDNA). <em>Plos One.</em> 12(4):1-21., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0175662 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source López, R.H. & L.H. Mojica. (2015). Distribution and abundance of Oncaea media and O. venusta (Crustacea: Copepoda) in the Colombian Pacific Ocean during two periods in 2001. <em>Revista U.D.C.A., Actualidad & Divulgación Cientifica, Universidad de Ciencias Aplicadas y Ambientales.</em> 18(1):197-206., available online at https://doi.org/10.31910/rudca.v18.n1.2015.446 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Shoaib, F.M. & Q.B. Kazmi. (2021). Pelagic copepods collected by the northern Arabian Sea Naseer Cruise 1. <em>Lambert Academic Publishing, Dodo Books Indian Ocean Ltd.</em> 242 pp. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Radhika, R., K.S. Santu, S. Bijoy Nandan & M. Harikrishnan. (2024). Reconstructed phylogeny -glimpses of polyphyly of the micro-copepod genus Oncaea- (Crustacea, Copepoda: Cyclopoida, Family: Oncaeidae) using mtCOI sequences substantiated by morphology. <em>Journal of Aquaculture & Marine Biology.</em> 13(1):15-21., available online at https://doi.org/10.15406/jamb.2024.13.00391 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Suárez-Morales, E., M.C. Franco-Gordo & J.A. Cohuo-Colli. (2026). First report of oncaeids (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) feeding on pelagic nudibranchs in the mexican Pacific. <em>Crustaceana.</em> 99(1): 1-7. Jan 2026., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/15685403-bja10494 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Interactive (multi-access) identification key for female Oncaeidae of the World Ocean
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oncaea media)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records)
To ITIS
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oncaea media)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records)
To ITIS
