WoRMS taxon details
Oncaea tenella Sars G.O., 1916
128953 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:128953)
accepted
Species
- Variety Oncaea tenella var. pacifica Olson, 1949 accepted as Oncaea zernovi Shmeleva, 1966 (unpublished thesis)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Sars, G.O. (1916). Liste systématique des Cyclopoidés, Harpacticoidés et Monstrilloidés recueillis pendant les campagnes de S.A.S. le Prince Albert de Monaco, avec descriptions et figures des espèces nouvelles. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographie (Fondation Albert Ier, Prince de Monaco.</em> 323:1-23. [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Oncaea tenella Sars G.O., 1916. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=128953 on 2025-11-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Sars, G.O. (1916). Liste systématique des Cyclopoidés, Harpacticoidés et Monstrilloidés recueillis pendant les campagnes de S.A.S. le Prince Albert de Monaco, avec descriptions et figures des espèces nouvelles. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographie (Fondation Albert Ier, Prince de Monaco.</em> 323:1-23. [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 (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 [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]
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 [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 (2 publications)
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 Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records)
To ITIS
