WoRMS taxon details
Dioithona rigida (Giesbrecht, 1896)
346360 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:346360)
accepted
Species
Dioithona alia Kiefer, 1935 · unaccepted (synonym according to Nishida, 1985)
Dioithona aurea Lindberg, 1948 · unaccepted (listed as synonym by Nishida, 1985)
Dioithona rigida aurea Lindberg, 1950 · unaccepted
Dioithona rigida elongata Lindberg, 1950 · unaccepted
Oithona alia (Kiefer, 1935) · unaccepted (synonym according to Nishida, 1985)
Oithona rigida Giesbrecht, 1896 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Dioithona rigida aurea Lindberg, 1950 accepted as Dioithona rigida (Giesbrecht, 1896)
- Subspecies Dioithona rigida elongata Lindberg, 1950 accepted as Dioithona rigida (Giesbrecht, 1896)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Oithona rigida Giesbrecht, 1896) Giesbrecht, W. (1896). Über pelagische Copepoden des Rothen Meeres, gesammelt vom Marinestabsarzt Dr. Augustin Krämer. [On pelagic copepods of the Red Sea, collected by the naval medical officer Dr. Augustin Krämer.]. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere.</em> 9(2):315-328, pls. 5-6. (20-iii-1896). [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Dioithona rigida (Giesbrecht, 1896). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=346360 on 2026-05-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Oithona rigida Giesbrecht, 1896) Giesbrecht, W. (1896). Über pelagische Copepoden des Rothen Meeres, gesammelt vom Marinestabsarzt Dr. Augustin Krämer. [On pelagic copepods of the Red Sea, collected by the naval medical officer Dr. Augustin Krämer.]. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere.</em> 9(2):315-328, pls. 5-6. (20-iii-1896). [details]
original description (of Dioithona alia Kiefer, 1935) Kiefer, F. (1935). Zur Kenntnis der Oithonidae (Crustacea Copepoda Cyclopoida). [On the knowledge of the Oithonidae (Crustacea Copepoda Cyclopoida).]. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 112(11-12):322-327, figs. 1-9. (15-xii-1935). [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Dioithona aurea Lindberg, 1948) Lindberg, K. (1947). Cyclopides (Crustacés Copépodes) nouveaux de l'Inde. I. [Description des premiers Bryocyclops découverts dans l'Inde. 1]. <em>Records of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.</em> 45(1):47-55. (11-vii-1947). [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Dioithona rigida aurea Lindberg, 1950) Lindberg, K. (1950). Cyclopoïdes nouveaux ou peu connus (Crustacés Copépodes). [New or little-known Cyclopoids (Crustacea Copepods).]. <em>Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, Nouvelle Série.</em> 29(3):259-297, figs. 1-21. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Dioithona rigida elongata Lindberg, 1950) Lindberg, K. (1950). Cyclopoïdes nouveaux ou peu connus (Crustacés Copépodes). [New or little-known Cyclopoids (Crustacea Copepods).]. <em>Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, Nouvelle Série.</em> 29(3):259-297, figs. 1-21. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Dioithona alia Kiefer, 1935) Kiefer, F. (1935). Zur Kenntnis der Oithonidae (Crustacea Copepoda Cyclopoida). [On the knowledge of the Oithonidae (Crustacea Copepoda Cyclopoida).]. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 112(11-12):322-327, figs. 1-9. (15-xii-1935). [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Dioithona aurea Lindberg, 1948) Lindberg, K. (1947). Cyclopides (Crustacés Copépodes) nouveaux de l'Inde. I. [Description des premiers Bryocyclops découverts dans l'Inde. 1]. <em>Records of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.</em> 45(1):47-55. (11-vii-1947). [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Dioithona rigida aurea Lindberg, 1950) Lindberg, K. (1950). Cyclopoïdes nouveaux ou peu connus (Crustacés Copépodes). [New or little-known Cyclopoids (Crustacea Copepods).]. <em>Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, Nouvelle Série.</em> 29(3):259-297, figs. 1-21. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Dioithona rigida elongata Lindberg, 1950) Lindberg, K. (1950). Cyclopoïdes nouveaux ou peu connus (Crustacés Copépodes). [New or little-known Cyclopoids (Crustacea Copepods).]. <em>Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, Nouvelle Série.</em> 29(3):259-297, figs. 1-21. [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Nishida, S. (1985). Taxonomy and distribution of the family Oithonidae (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Bulletin of the Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo 20:1-167, figs. 1-101, tabs. 1-8, Appendix with Tabs. 1-2. (Vii-1985).
page(s): 72-78 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 72-78 [details] Available for editors
[request]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]
[request]Other
additional source
Radhika,S.R., S.B. Nandan & M. Harikrishnan [S. Bijoy Nandan]. (2016). Morphological and molecular identification of marine copepod Dioithona rigida Giesbrecht, 1896 (Crustacea: Cyclopoida) based on mitochondrial COI gene sequences, from Lakshadweep sea, India. <em>Mitochondrial Dna Part A.</em> 28(6):872-879., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/24701394.2016.1202941 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Shuvalov, V.S. (1980). Veslonogiye rachki — tsiklopoidy semeystva Oithonidae Mirovogo okeana. [Copepoda crustaceans - Cyclopoida of the family Oithonidae of the world oceans.]. <em>V serii: "Opredeliteli po faune SSSR", izdavayemoy Zoologicheskim institutom AN SSSR. Leningrad, "Nauka".</em> 125:1-197, figs. 1-64. (24-v-1980, Russian.). [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]
[request]additional source Shuvalov, V.S. (1980). Veslonogiye rachki — tsiklopoidy semeystva Oithonidae Mirovogo okeana. [Copepoda crustaceans - Cyclopoida of the family Oithonidae of the world oceans.]. <em>V serii: "Opredeliteli po faune SSSR", izdavayemoy Zoologicheskim institutom AN SSSR. Leningrad, "Nauka".</em> 125:1-197, figs. 1-64. (24-v-1980, Russian.). [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
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Oithona rigida Giesbrecht, 1896)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dioithona rigida)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Oithona rigida Giesbrecht, 1896)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Oithona rigida Giesbrecht, 1896)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Oithona rigida Giesbrecht, 1896)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dioithona rigida)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Oithona rigida Giesbrecht, 1896)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Oithona rigida Giesbrecht, 1896)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
