WoRMS taxon details
Oncaea ovalis Shmeleva, 1966
128945 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:128945)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Shmeleva, A.A. (1966). Novye vidy roda Oncaea (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) iz Adriaticheskogo morya). [New species of the genus Oncaea (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) from the Adriatic Sea.]. <em>Zoologicheskii Zhurnal.</em> 45(6):932-936, figs. 1-4. (28-v-1966, Russian with English summary). [details] Available for editors 
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Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Oncaea ovalis Shmeleva, 1966. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=128945 on 2026-07-08
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Nomenclature
original description
Shmeleva, A.A. (1966). Novye vidy roda Oncaea (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) iz Adriaticheskogo morya). [New species of the genus Oncaea (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) from the Adriatic Sea.]. <em>Zoologicheskii Zhurnal.</em> 45(6):932-936, figs. 1-4. (28-v-1966, Russian with English summary). [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]
[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
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Böttger-Schnack, R. (2005). Taxonomy of Oncaeidae (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) from the Red Sea. VII. Oncaea cristata, a new species related to the ovalis-complex, and a revision of O. ovalis Shmeleva and O. bathyalis Shmeleva from the Mediterranean. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 46(2):161-210. [details] Available for editors [request]
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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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context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Böttger-Schnack, R. (2005). Taxonomy of Oncaeidae (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) from the Red Sea. VII. Oncaea cristata, a new species related to the ovalis-complex, and a revision of O. ovalis Shmeleva and O. bathyalis Shmeleva from the Mediterranean. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 46(2):161-210. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Heron, G.A. & B.W. Frost. (2000). Copepods of the family Oncaeidae (Crustacea: Poecilostomatoida) in the northeast Pacific Ocean and inland coastal waters of Washington State. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 113(4):1015-1063. (29.xii.2000) [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 Malt, S.J., S. Lakkis & R. Ziedane. (1989). The copepod genus Oncaea (Poecilostomatoidea) from the Lebanon: taxonomic and ecological observations. <em>Journal of Plankton Research.</em> 11(5): 949-969., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/11.5.949 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Böttger-Schnack, R. (2005). Taxonomy of Oncaeidae (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) from the Red Sea. VII. Oncaea cristata, a new species related to the ovalis-complex, and a revision of O. ovalis Shmeleva and O. bathyalis Shmeleva from the Mediterranean. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 46(2):161-210. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Heron, G.A. & B.W. Frost. (2000). Copepods of the family Oncaeidae (Crustacea: Poecilostomatoida) in the northeast Pacific Ocean and inland coastal waters of Washington State. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 113(4):1015-1063. (29.xii.2000) [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 Malt, S.J., S. Lakkis & R. Ziedane. (1989). The copepod genus Oncaea (Poecilostomatoidea) from the Lebanon: taxonomic and ecological observations. <em>Journal of Plankton Research.</em> 11(5): 949-969., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/11.5.949 [details] Available for editors
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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 Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oncaea ovalis)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To ITIS
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oncaea ovalis)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To ITIS
