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

Oncaea atlantica Shmeleva, 1967

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Oncaea*	Philippi, 1843	accepted genus name
*Antaria*	Dana, 1849-1852	synonym

Literature

original description	Shmeleva, A.A. (1967). Novyi vid Oncaea (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) iz yugozapadnoi chasti Atlanticheskogo okeana. [New Oncaea species (Copepodia, Cyclopoida) from south-western part of the Atlantic Ocean.]. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal. 46(4):621-622, figs. 1-2. (10-iv-1967, Russian with English summary).
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
redescription	Boxshall, G.A. & R. Böttger. (1987). Two new species of Oncaea (Copepoda: Poecilostomatoida) from the Red Sea and a redescription of O. atlantica Shmeleva. Journal of Plankton Research. 9(3):553-564, figs. 1-6.
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. Oncaea atlantica Shmeleva, 1967. 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:128926