Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Cyclopoida > Suborder Oithonida > Family Oithonidae > Genus Oithona

Oithona decipiens Farran, 1913

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Oithona*	Baird, 1843	accepted genus name
*Oithonella*	Sars G.O., 1886	synonym
*Paroithona*	Farran, 1908	synonym
*Scribella*	Dana, 1846	synonym

Literature

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.
basis of record	Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 252-268
additional source	Shuvalov, V.S. (1980). Veslonogiye rachki — tsiklopoidy semeystva Oithonidae Mirovogo okeana. [Copepoda crustaceans - Cyclopoida of the family Oithonidae of the world oceans.]. V serii: "Opredeliteli po faune SSSR", izdavayemoy Zoologicheskim institutom AN SSSR. Leningrad, "Nauka". 125:1-197, figs. 1-64. (24-v-1980, Russian.).
additional source	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).
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Okemwa, E.N. (1992). A long-term sampling study of copepods across a tropical creek in Mombasa, Kenya. East African Agriculture and Forestry Journal. 57(4):199-215.
additional source	Kiefer, F. (1929). Crustacea Copepoda. 2. Cyclopoida Gnathostoma. Das Tierreich, Berlin und Leipzig. 53:1-102. [German].
additional source	Rosendorn, I. (1917). Copepoda 1 der Deutschen Tiefsee Expedition. Die Gattung Oithona. [Copepoda 1 der Deutschen Tiefsee Expedition. [Copepoda 1 of the German Deep Sea Expedition. The genus Oithona.]. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition 'Valdivia'. 23:1-58, figs. 1-27, map 1.
additional source	Ferrari, F.D. & T.E. Bowman. (1980). Pelagic copepods of the family Oithonidae (Cyclopoida) from the east coasts of Central and South America. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 312:i-iii, 1-27, figs. 1-15, tab. 1. (26-vi-1980)
ecology source	Brun, P., M.R. Payne & T. Kiørboe. (2017). A trait database for marine copepods. Earth System Science Data. 9(1):99-113.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Oithona decipiens Farran, 1913. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106644