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

Oithona Baird, 1843

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Oithonella Sars G.O., 1886 synonym
Paroithona Farran, 1908 synonym
Scribella Dana, 1846 synonym

Children

Oithona atlantica Farran, 1908
Oithona brevicornis Giesbrecht, 1891
Oithona decipiens Farran, 1913
Oithona fallax Farran, 1913
Oithona hamata Rosendorn, 1917
Oithona hebes Giesbrecht, 1891
Oithona linearis Giesbrecht, 1891
Oithona longispina Nishida, Tanaka & Omori, 1977
Oithona minuta Scott T., 1894
Oithona nana Giesbrecht, 1893
Oithona parvula (Farran, 1908)
Oithona plumifera Baird, 1843
Oithona pseudofrigida Rosendorn, 1917
Oithona pulla (Farran, 1913)
Oithona robusta Giesbrecht, 1891
Oithona setigera Dana, 1853-1855
Oithona similis Claus, 1866
Oithona simplex Farran, 1913
Oithona tenuis Rosendorn, 1917
Oithona vivida Farran, 1913

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Japanese: オイトナ属

Literature

original description

Baird, W. (1843). Notes on British Entomostraca. The Zoologist (Newman) 1:193-197.

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

Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (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. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. 463 pp.

additional source

Nishida, S. & R. Marumo. (1982). Vertical distribution of cyclopoid copepods of the family Oithonidae in the western Pacific and eastern Indian Oceans. Bulletin of the Plankton Society of Japan 29(2):99-118, figs. 1-10, tab. 1. (xii-1982)

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

Nishida, S. (1985). Taxonomy and distribution of the family Oithonidae (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Bulletin of the Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo 20:1-167, figs. 1-101, tabs. 1-8, Appendix with Tabs. 1-2. (Vii-1985).

additional source

Kiefer, F. (1929). Crustacea Copepoda. 2. Cyclopoida Gnathostoma. Das Tierreich, Berlin und Leipzig. 53:1-102. [German].

Genbank

loading

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Oithona Baird, 1843. 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:106485

Image

loading

Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

EPPO alert:
listed 2009-02This species is a pest to plants possibly presenting a risk to countries that are member of the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO)

Provided by

logo erms

GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106485

Last modified

2022-01-17 by T. Chad Walter

Your feedback

click here

Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License

Your e-mail address:

Your message: