WoRMS taxon details
Oithona brevicornis brevicornis Giesbrecht, 1891
367245 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:367245)
accepted
Subspecies
Oithona brevicornis Giesbrecht, 1891 · alternative representation
Oithona brevicornis typica Nishida, Tanaka & Omori, 1977 · unaccepted (placed in synonymy by Nishida &...)
placed in synonymy by Nishida & Ferrari, 1983
Oithona spinulosa Lindberg, 1947 · unaccepted (synonym according to Nishida &...)
synonym according to Nishida & Ferrari, 1983
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Oithona brevicornis Giesbrecht, 1891) Giesbrecht, W. (1891). Elenco dei Copepodi pelagici raccolti dal Tenente di vascello Gaetano Chierchia durante il viaggio della R. Corvetta 'Vettor Pisani' negli anni 1882-1885 e dal Tenente di vascello Francesco Orsini nel Mar Rosso, nel 1884. [List of pelagic copepods collected by Lieutenant Gaetano Chierchia during the voyage of the Royal Corvette 'Vettor Pisani' in the years 1882-1885 and by Lieutenant Francesco Orsini in the Red Sea, in 1884.]. <em>Atti della Reale Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Classe di Scienze Fisiche Matematiche e Naturali Rendiconti.</em> (4)7 sem. 1: 474-482., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44535672 [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Oithona brevicornis brevicornis Giesbrecht, 1891. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=367245 on 2026-04-17
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(of Oithona brevicornis Giesbrecht, 1891) Giesbrecht, W. (1891). Elenco dei Copepodi pelagici raccolti dal Tenente di vascello Gaetano Chierchia durante il viaggio della R. Corvetta 'Vettor Pisani' negli anni 1882-1885 e dal Tenente di vascello Francesco Orsini nel Mar Rosso, nel 1884. [List of pelagic copepods collected by Lieutenant Gaetano Chierchia during the voyage of the Royal Corvette 'Vettor Pisani' in the years 1882-1885 and by Lieutenant Francesco Orsini in the Red Sea, in 1884.]. <em>Atti della Reale Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Classe di Scienze Fisiche Matematiche e Naturali Rendiconti.</em> (4)7 sem. 1: 474-482., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44535672 [details]
original description (of Oithona spinulosa Lindberg, 1947) Lindberg, K. (1947). Cyclopoïdes (Crustacés Copépodes) nouveaux de l'Inde. [Cyclopoids (Crustacea Copepoda) new from India.]. <em>Records of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.</em> 45(1):129-132, figs. 1-2. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Oithona brevicornis typica Nishida, Tanaka & Omori, 1977) Nishida, S., O. Tanaka & M. Omori. (1977). Cyclopoid copepods of the family Oithonidae in Suruga Bay and adjacent waters. Bulletin of the Plankton Society of Japan 24(2):119-158, figs. 1-26, tabs. 1-2. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Oithona spinulosa Lindberg, 1947) Lindberg, K. (1947). Cyclopoïdes (Crustacés Copépodes) nouveaux de l'Inde. [Cyclopoids (Crustacea Copepoda) new from India.]. <em>Records of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.</em> 45(1):129-132, figs. 1-2. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Oithona brevicornis typica Nishida, Tanaka & Omori, 1977) Nishida, S., O. Tanaka & M. Omori. (1977). Cyclopoid copepods of the family Oithonidae in Suruga Bay and adjacent waters. Bulletin of the Plankton Society of Japan 24(2):119-158, figs. 1-26, tabs. 1-2. [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 (from synonym Oithona brevicornis Giesbrecht, 1891)
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Oithona brevicornis Giesbrecht, 1891)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Oithona spinulosa Lindberg, 1947)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oithona brevicornis) (from synonym Oithona brevicornis Giesbrecht, 1891)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Oithona brevicornis Giesbrecht, 1891)
To PESI (from synonym Oithona brevicornis Giesbrecht, 1891)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Oithona spinulosa Lindberg, 1947)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (9 records) (from synonym Oithona brevicornis Giesbrecht, 1891)
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Oithona brevicornis Giesbrecht, 1891)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Oithona spinulosa Lindberg, 1947)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oithona brevicornis) (from synonym Oithona brevicornis Giesbrecht, 1891)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Oithona brevicornis Giesbrecht, 1891)
To PESI (from synonym Oithona brevicornis Giesbrecht, 1891)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Oithona spinulosa Lindberg, 1947)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (9 records) (from synonym Oithona brevicornis Giesbrecht, 1891)
