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 mediterranea (Claus, 1863)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Species group names

*Antaria mediterranea*	Claus, 1863	synonym

Children

Oncaea mediterranea mediterranea Claus, 1863

Literature

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. (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	Bourne, G.C. (1889). Report on the pelagic Copepoda collected at Plymouth in 1888-89. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, New Series 1:144-152, pls. 11-12. (x-1889)
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	Scott, T. (1894). Report on Entomostraca from the Gulf of Guinea, collected by John Rattray, B.Sc. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Series 2, Zoology. 6(1):1-161, pls. 1-15.
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	Wi, J.H., Y.H. Yoon & H.Y. Soh. (2009). Five Oncaea species (Copepoda, Poecilostomatoida, Oncaeidae) from the Korean waters, with notes on the spatio-temporal distribution of Korean oncaeid species. Ocean Science Journal 44(2):95-115.
additional source	Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.).
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)
additional source	Lee, B.D. (1966). Distribution and abundance of pelagic copepods in the Drake Passage and off the coast of Argentina, with special reference to hydrology of these areas. Ph.D. Thesis, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 1-250, pls. 1-56.
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	Revis, N. & E.N. Okemwa. (1988). Additional records of species of copepods and their distribution in the coastal and inshore waters of Kenya. Kenya Journal of Sciences, Series B. 9(1-2):123-127.
additional source	Suárez-Morales, E., J.W. Fleeger & P.A. Montagna. (2009). Free-living Copepoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, D. L. & D.K. Camp [Eds]. Gulf of Mexico: origin, waters, and biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 1393 pp. Chapter pagination: 841-869.
additional source	ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32.
additional source	Paulmier, G. (2009). Copepods Cyclopoidea (genus Oithona, Oncaea, Corycaeus) of neritic waters of Brittany and Western Normandy. Les copepodes Cyclopoidea (Genres Oithona, Oncaea, Corycaeus) des eaux neritiques et de la Bretagne et de la Normandie occidentale. Bulletin de la Societe Linneenne de Bordeaux. 37(2):175-190. (French).
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Hanaoka, T. (1952). On nauplius of Oncaea mediterranea and Corycaeus sp. Bulletin of the Naikai Regional Fishery Research Laboratory 1: 37-41, figs. 1-7. (viii-1952, Japanese with English summary).
taxonomy source	Böttger-Schnack, R. & R. Huys. (1997). Morphological observations on Oncaea mediterranea (Claus, 1863) (Copepoda, Poecilostomatoida) with a comparison of Red Sea and eastern Mediterranean populations. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, London, Zoology 63(2):137-147.
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 mediterranea (Claus, 1863). 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:128939