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 ovalis Shmeleva, 1966

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. (1966). Novye vidy roda Oncaea (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) iz Adriaticheskogo morya). [New species of the genus Oncaea (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) from the Adriatic Sea.]. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal. 45(6):932-936, figs. 1-4. (28-v-1966, 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
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)
redescription	Böttger-Schnack, R. (2005). Taxonomy of Oncaeidae (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) from the Red Sea. VII. Oncaea cristata, a new species related to the ovalis-complex, and a revision of O. ovalis Shmeleva and O. bathyalis Shmeleva from the Mediterranean. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 46(2):161-210.
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 ovalis Shmeleva, 1966. 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:128945