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 longispina Nishida, Tanaka & Omori, 1977

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	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.
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	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
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).
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 longispina Nishida, Tanaka & Omori, 1977. 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:106649