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

Oithona similis Claus, 1866

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Oithona*	Baird, 1843	accepted genus name
*Oithonella*	Sars G.O., 1886	synonym
*Paroithona*	Farran, 1908	synonym
*Scribella*	Dana, 1846	synonym

Species group names

*Oithona helgolandica*	(Claus, 1863)	synonym
*Oithonella helgolandica*	Claus, 1863	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Polish: ojtona

Literature

original description	Claus, C. (1866). Die Copepoden-Fauna von Nizza. Ein Beitrag zur Charakteristik der Formen und deren Abanderungen 'im Sinne Darwin's'. [The Copepod Fauna of Nice. A Contribution to the Characteristics of the Forms and their Variations 'in the Sense of Darwin']. Schriften der Gesellschaft zur Beforderung der Gesammten Naturwissenschaften zu Marburg. Supplemment 1: 1-34. Pls. 1-5.
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	Nishida, S., O. Tanaka & M. Omori. (1977). Cyclopoid copepods of the family Oithonidae in Suruga Bay and adjacent waters. Bulletin of the Plankton Society of Japan 24(2):119-158, figs. 1-26, tabs. 1-2.
additional source	Pallares, R.E.S. (1963). Los copépodos planctónicos marinos de Puerto Deseado (Santa Cruz, Argentina). [The marine planktonic copepods of Puerto Deseado (Santa Cruz, Argentina).]. Tesis Doctoral, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 167 pp. [In Spanish].
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additional source	Mordukhai-Boltovskoy, F.D., ed. (1969). Rakoobraznye. (Crustacea). Opredetel' fauny Chernogo i Azovskogo more, 2. Svobodnozhivushchie bespozvonochnye. [Crustacea. Identification key to the fauna of the Black and Azov Seas, 2. Freeliving invertebrates.]. Institut Biologii Yuzh'nykh Morei, Akademiya Nauk USSR, Naukova Dumka, Kiev. 536 pp. (In Russian.).
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additional source	Lischka, S., L. Giménez, W. Hagen & B. Überschär. (2007). Seasonal changes in digestive enzyme (trypsin) activity of the copepods Pseudocalanus minutus (Calanoida) and Oithona similis (Cyclopoida) in the Arctic Kongsfjorden (Svalbard). Polar Biology. 30(10):1331-1341.
additional source	Esterly, C.O. (1928). The periodic occurrence of Copepoda in the marine plankton of two successive years at La Jolla, California. Bulletin of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Technical Series 1:247-345, figs. 1-19. (30-iii-1928)
additional source	Dvoretskii, V.G. & N.A. Pakhomova. (2006). The comparative characteristic of Oithona similis (Claus) populations in waters of the Pechora Sea and Eastern Murman near-shore area. Vestnik MSTU / Proceedings of the MSTU. 9(5): 797-804.
additional source	Ladhar, C., F. Denis, W. Guermazi, N. Annabi-Trabelsi, N. Casse, H. Ayadi & G.N. Hotos. (2024). Phylogeny and Genetic Population Structure of Dominant Copepods in Two Ponds with Contrasting Salinities in the Solar Saltern of Sfax (Tunisia) Based on Mitochondrial (COI and Cytb) and Nuclear (18S) DNA Sequences. Diversity-Basel. 16(12):1-15. Dec 2024.
additional source	Arima, D., A. Yamaguchi, Y. Abe, K. Matsuno, R. Saito, H. Asami, H. Shimada & I. Imai (2014). Seasonal changes in body size and oil sac volume of three planktonic copepods, Paracalanus parvus (Claus, 1863), Pseudocalanus newmani Frost, 1989 and Oithona similis Claus, 1866, in a temperate embayment: what controls their seasonality? Crustaceana. 87(3):364-375. 10.1163/15685403-00003287 MAR 2014
additional source	Fish, C.J. (1936). The biology of Oithona similis in the Gulf of Maine and the Bay of Fundy. Biological Bulletin, Woods Hole 71:168-187, figs. 1-9, tabs. 1-4. (viii-1936)
additional source	Yin, J.H., C.C. Wu, P.P. Shen, A.Y. Wan, Z.C. Tao & Y.T. Wang. (2023). Annual variations of abundance, egg production rate, and community structure of Oithona similis in Jiaozhou Bay, the Yellow Sea. Frontiers In Marine Science. 10:1-11. 1119883. FEB 2023.
additional source	Shuvalov, V.S. (1980). Veslonogiye rachki — tsiklopoidy semeystva Oithonidae Mirovogo okeana. [Copepoda crustaceans - Cyclopoida of the family Oithonidae of the world oceans.]. V serii: "Opredeliteli po faune SSSR", izdavayemoy Zoologicheskim institutom AN SSSR. Leningrad, "Nauka". 125:1-197, figs. 1-64. (24-v-1980, Russian.).
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	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	Rosendorn, I. (1917). Copepoda 1 der Deutschen Tiefsee Expedition. Die Gattung Oithona. [Copepoda 1 der Deutschen Tiefsee Expedition. [Copepoda 1 of the German Deep Sea Expedition. The genus Oithona.]. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition 'Valdivia'. 23:1-58, figs. 1-27, map 1.
additional source	Shuvalov, V.S. (1964). Sezonnaya izmenchivost' razmerov Oithona similis Claus (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) v Belom more. [Seasonal variations in size of Oithona similis Claus (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) in the White Sea.]. Materialy rybokhoz. issled. sev. basseina, Murmansk. 4:68-72.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Murphy, J.A. & R.E. Cohen. (1978). A guide to the developmental stages of common coastal, Georges Bank and Gulf of Maine copepods. National Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast Fisheries Center, Woods Hole Laboratory Reference Co. No. NOAA NEFSC. 78-53, 56 pp.
additional source	Eaton, J.M. (1971). Studies on the feeding and reproductive biology of the marine cyclopoid copepod Oithona similis Claus. Ph.D. Thesis, Dalhousie University 101 pp.
additional source	Hoshiai, T. & A. Tanimura. (1981). Copepods in the stomach of a nototheniid fish, Trematomus borchgrevinki Fry at Syowa Station, Antarctica. Memoirs of the National Institue of Polar Research, Series E. Biology and Medical Science. 34:44-48.
additional source	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Kiefer, F. (1929). Crustacea Copepoda. 2. Cyclopoida Gnathostoma. Das Tierreich, Berlin und Leipzig. 53:1-102. [German].
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additional source	Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41.
additional source	Scott, T. (1899). Report on the marine and freshwater Crustacea from Franz-Josef Land, collected by Mr. William S. Bruce, of the Jackson-Harmsworth Expedition. Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology. 27:60-126, pls. 3-9. (1-vii-1899).
additional source	Chang, C.Y. (2009). Illustrated encyclopedia of fauna & flora of Korea. Vol. 42. Inland-water Copepoda. Jeonghaeng-sa, Ministry of Education, Seoul, South Korea. 42:1-687.
additional source	Kirkup, R. (1980). Aspects of the feeding regimen of the marine cyclopoid copepod Oithona similis (Claus). Doctoral Dissertation, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 226pp.
additional source	Muxagata, E.M. & J.A. Williams. (2004). The Mesozooplankton of the Solent-Southampton Water system: a photographic guide. Southampton Oceanography Centre, Southampton, U.K. 103 pp.
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additional source	Shuvalov, V.S. (1965). Sezonnaya izmenchivost razmerov i nekotorye osobennosti biologii Oithona similis Claus (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) v Belom more (Kandalakshskii zaliv). [Seasonal variation observed in size and some features of biology in Oithona similis Claus (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) in the White Sea (Kandalaksha Gulf).]. Okeanologiya, Oceanology. 5(2):338-347, figs. 1-2, tabs. 1-4. (31-iii-1965, Russian) ( :116-122 English).
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additional source	Jean, J.J., A. Lincy, A.P. Lipton & A. Chandran. (2016). Developmental stages observed during experimental culture of the egg bearing cyclopoid copepod Oithona similis (Claus, 1866). Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences. 45(2):333-337.
additional source	Li, S.J. & J.C. Fang. (1990). Larval stages of marine planktonic copepods of China. China Ocean Press, Beijing 141 pp.
additional source	Bromley, J.E.C. & J.S. Bleakney. (1985). Keys to the fauna and flora of Minas Basin. National Research Council of Canada Report, Halifax, N.S. 24119: 366 PP.
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Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Oithona similis Claus, 1866. 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:106656