Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Cyclopoida > Suborder Ergasilida

Oncaeidae Giesbrecht, 1893

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Conaea Giesbrecht, 1891
Epicalymma Heron, 1977
Monothula Böttger-Schnack & Huys, 2001
Oncaea Philippi, 1843
Spinoncaea Böttger-Schnack, 2003
Triconia Böttger-Schnack, 1999

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: オンケア科

Literature

original description	Giesbrecht, W. (1892-1893). Systematik und Faunistik der pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. Systematics and faunistics of the pelagic copepods of the Gulf of Naples and the adjacent marine areas. Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel und der Angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte, Herausgegeben von der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel. 19:1-831, pls. 1-54.[published in sections over 2 years, 1892-1893]].
original description	Giesbrecht, W. (1893). Mittheilungen über Copepoden 1-6. [Communications on Copepods 1-6.]. Mitteilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel. 11(1):56-106, pls.5-7. (25-ix-1893).
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	Heron, G.A. & J.M. Bradford-Grieve. (1995). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Pelagic Copepoda: Poecilostomatoida: Oncaeidae. New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir, Wellington. 104:1-57, 30 figs., 4 tables.
additional source	Sun, R.X., Y.G. Wang, M. Lin, B.P. Xing, X.Y. Chen, P. Xiang & C.G. Wang. (2021). Research advance in the diversity and ecology of Oncaeidae. Biodiversity Science. 29(6):855-864. Jun 2021 (in Chinese, Engl. Abstract).
additional source	Heron, G.A. (1977). Twenty-six species of Oncaeidae (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) from the southwest Pacific-Antarctic area. In: Pawson, D.L. (ed.). Biology of the Antarctic Seas, 6. Antarctic Research Series, Washington 26:37-96, figs. 1-34, tabs. 1-5. (22-viii-1977)
additional source	Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA). 124 pp.
additional source	Huys, R. & R. Böttger-Schnack. (1997). On the diphyletic origin of the Oncaeidae Giesbrecht, 1892 (Copepoda: Poecilostomatoida) with a phylogenetic analysis of the Lubbockiidae fam. nov. Zoologischer Anzeiger 235:243-261. (1996/97)
additional source	ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32.
additional source	Böttger-Schnack, R. & D. Schnack. (2023). The microcopepod family Oncaeidae: state of knowledge and perspectives. Marine Biology. 170(9):1-46.
identification resource	Böttger-Schnack, R. & D. Schnack. (2019). OncIdent- an interactive identification key for Oncaeidae Giesbrecht, 1893 ["1892"] (Copepoda: Cyclopoida). Marine Biodiversity. 49(2):1043-1046.
identification resource	Böttger-Schnack, R. & D. Schnack. (2015). Development of an interactive identification key for Oncaeidae (Copepoda: Cyclopoida). In: Lee, W. & G.A. Boxshall (eds.). 12th International Conference on Copepoda (ICOC), Journal of Natural History, Special Issue. 49(45-48): 2727-2741.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Oncaeidae Giesbrecht, 1893. 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:128586