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

Oncaea Philippi, 1843

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Antaria*	Dana, 1849-1852	synonym

Children

Antaria gracilis Dana, 1849-1852
Oncaea africana Shmeleva, 1979
Oncaea alboranica Shmeleva, 1979
Oncaea atlantica Shmeleva, 1967
Oncaea bathyalis Shmeleva, 1968
Oncaea brodskii Shmeleva, 1968
Oncaea curta Sars G.O., 1916
Oncaea delicata Heron, English & Damkaer, 1984
Oncaea englishi Heron, 1977
Oncaea furnestini Shmeleva, 1979
Oncaea gracilis (Dana, 1852)
Oncaea infantula Gordeeva K.T., 1972
Oncaea lacinia Heron, English & Damkaer, 1984
Oncaea longipes Shmeleva, 1968
Oncaea longiseta Shmeleva, 1968
Oncaea media Giesbrecht, 1891
Oncaea mediterranea (Claus, 1863)
Oncaea minima Shmeleva, 1968
Oncaea minor Shmeleva, 1979
Oncaea mollicula Gordeeva K.T., 1975
Oncaea notopus Giesbrecht, 1891
Oncaea obscura Farran, 1908
Oncaea ornata Giesbrecht, 1891
Oncaea ovalis Shmeleva, 1966
Oncaea parila Heron, 1977
Oncaea prendeli Shmeleva, 1966
Oncaea pumilis Heron, 1977
Oncaea rotundata Boxshall, 1977
Oncaea scottodicarloi Heron & Bradford-Grieve, 1995
Oncaea shmelevi Gordeeva K.T., 1972
Oncaea tenella Sars G.O., 1916
Oncaea venusta Philippi, 1843
Oncaea zernovi Shmeleva, 1966

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: オンケア属

Literature

original description	Philippi, A. (1843). Fernere Beobachtungen uber die Copepoden des Mittelmeeres. [Further observations on the copepods of the Mediterranean.]. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte. 9(1):54-71, pls. 3-4.
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	ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32.
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	Kosikhina, O.V. (1980). Pitanie morskikh veslonogikh rachkov roda Oncaea (Cyclopoida). [Nutrition of marine Copepoda of the Oncaea genus (Cyclopoida).]. Ekologiya Morya. 1980(4):47-49, fig., tabs. 1-2. (14-xi-1980, Russian with English summary).
additional source	Heron, G.A., T.S. English & D.M. Damkaer. (1984). Arctic Ocean Copepoda of the genera Lubbockia, Oncaea, and Epicalymma (Poecilostomatoida: Oncaeidae), with remarks on distribution. Journal of Crustacean Biology 4(3):448-490, figs. 1-20, tabs. 1-3. (13-vi-1984)
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	Böttger-Schnack, R. & D. Schnack. (2019). OncIdent- an interactive identification key for Oncaeidae Giesbrecht, 1893 ["1892"] (Copepoda: Cyclopoida). Marine Biodiversity. 49(2):1043-1046.
additional source	Ferrari, F.D. (1975). Taxonomic notes on the genus Oncaea (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) from the Gulf of Mexico and northern Caribbean Sea. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 88(21):217-232, figs. 1-7. (15-viii-1975).
additional source	Razouls, C. (1975). Les Oncaeidae (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) de la région de Banyuls (golfe du Lion). [The Oncaeidae (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) of the Banyuls region (Gulf of Lion).]. Vie et Milieu. (A)24(2):235-264, figs. 1-16, tabs. 1-2. (iv-1975) (for 1974).
additional source	Malt, S.J. (1983). Crustacea, order: Copepoda, suborder: Cyclopoida, family: Oncaeidae, genus: Oncaea. Fiches d'Identification du Zooplancton, Conseil International pour l'Exploration de la Mer 169-170-171:1-11.
additional source	Heron, G.A. & B.W. Frost. (2000). Copepods of the family Oncaeidae (Crustacea: Poecilostomatoida) in the northeast Pacific Ocean and inland coastal waters of Washington State. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 113(4):1015-1063. (29.xii.2000)
additional source	Boxshall, G.A. (1977). The planktonic copepods of the northeastern Atlantic Ocean: Some taxonomic observations on the Oncaeidae (Cyclopoida). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology 31(3):103-155, figs. 1-25, tabs. 1-2. (28-iv-1977)

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Oncaea Philippi, 1843. 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:128690