WoRMS taxon details
Oncaea rotundata Boxshall, 1977
128949 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:128949)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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 
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Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Oncaea rotundata Boxshall, 1977. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=128949 on 2026-06-17
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Nomenclature
original description
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]
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]
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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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 ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32. [details]
additional source Malt, S.J. (1983). New records for Oncaea rotundata Boxshall, (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) from the North Atlantic, with a first description of the male. <em>Journal of Plankton Research.</em> 5(1):107-110., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/5.1.107 [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 ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32. [details]
additional source Malt, S.J. (1983). New records for Oncaea rotundata Boxshall, (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) from the North Atlantic, with a first description of the male. <em>Journal of Plankton Research.</em> 5(1):107-110., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/5.1.107 [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
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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 (2 publications)
To PESI
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 (2 publications)
To PESI
To ITIS
