WoRMS name details
Oithona aculeata Farran, 1913
359725 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:359725)
unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling (Binet Dessier 1968 reported this aculeata, correct is oculata)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Oithona aculeata Farran, 1913. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=359725 on 2026-01-21
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Nomenclature
original description
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]
basis of record Binet, D. & A. Dessier. (1968). Zooplancton de la région de Nosy-Bé. III. Premières données sur les copépodes. [Zooplankton of the Nosy-Bé region. III. First data on copepods.]. <em>Cahiers de l'Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre-Mer (ORSTOM), Série Océanographie.</em> 6(3-4):3-26, figs. 1-18. [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Binet, D. & A. Dessier. (1968). Zooplancton de la région de Nosy-Bé. III. Premières données sur les copépodes. [Zooplankton of the Nosy-Bé region. III. First data on copepods.]. <em>Cahiers de l'Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre-Mer (ORSTOM), Série Océanographie.</em> 6(3-4):3-26, figs. 1-18. [details] Available for editors
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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.
note: no mention of O. aculeata, but O. oculata [details]
note: no mention of O. aculeata, but O. oculata [details]
