WoRMS name details
Oithona tropica Wolfenden, 1906
354016 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:354016)
unaccepted (listed as synonym by Nishida, 1985)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Wolfenden, R.N. (1906). Notes on the collection of Copepoda. In: Stanley Gardiner, J. (ed.). The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes. University Press, Cambridge 2, suppl. 1: 989-1040, pls. 96-100. [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Oithona tropica Wolfenden, 1906. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=354016 on 2026-01-29
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Nomenclature
original description
Wolfenden, R.N. (1906). Notes on the collection of Copepoda. In: Stanley Gardiner, J. (ed.). The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes. University Press, Cambridge 2, suppl. 1: 989-1040, pls. 96-100. [details]
Other
additional source
Farran, G.P. (1913). Plankton from Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. II. On Copepoda of the genera Oithona and Paroithona. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1913:181-193, pls. 27-31. [details]
