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 obscura Farran, 1908

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: unresolved
Name Status: nom. dub.

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Literature

original description	Farran, G.P. (1908). Second report on the Copepoda of the Irish Atlantic slope. Fisheries, Scientific Investigations, Ireland 1906(2): 1-104, pls. 1-11.
status source	Malt, S.J. (1982). Developmental stages of Oncaea media Giesbrecht, 1891 and Oncaea subtilis Giesbrecht, 1892. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology 43(3):129-151, figs. 1-9, tabs. 1-4. (29-ix-1982)
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 obscura Farran, 1908. 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:354030