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 brevicornis Giesbrecht, 1891

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted
Name Status: alternate representation

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

Children

Oithona brevicornis brevicornis Giesbrecht, 1891

Literature

original description	Giesbrecht, W. (1891). Elenco dei Copepodi pelagici raccolti dal Tenente di vascello Gaetano Chierchia durante il viaggio della R. Corvetta 'Vettor Pisani' negli anni 1882-1885 e dal Tenente di vascello Francesco Orsini nel Mar Rosso, nel 1884. [List of pelagic copepods collected by Lieutenant Gaetano Chierchia during the voyage of the Royal Corvette 'Vettor Pisani' in the years 1882-1885 and by Lieutenant Francesco Orsini in the Red Sea, in 1884.]. Atti della Reale Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Classe di Scienze Fisiche Matematiche e Naturali Rendiconti. (4)7 sem. 1: 474-482.
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	Bowman, T.E. (1955). A new copepod of the genus Calanus from the northeastern Pacific with notes on Calanus tenuicornis. Pacific Science 9(4):413-422, figs. 1-4.
additional source	Goswami, S.C. (1975). Metamorphosis of two species of genus Oithona Baird (Copepoda). Indian Journal of Marine Sciences. 4(1):60-67, pls. 1-4, tabs. 1-2. (vi-1975).
additional source	Nishida, S. & F.D. Ferrari. (1983). Redescription of Oithona brevicornis Giesbrecht, and O. aruensis Fruchtl, new rank, with notes on status of O. spinulosa Lindberg. Bulletin of the Plankton Society of Japan 30(1):71-80, figs. 1-5. (vii-1983)
additional source	Al-Yamani, F.Y., V. Skryabin, A. Gubanova, S. Khvorov & I. Prusova. (2011). Marine Zooplankton Practical Guide for the Northwestern Arabian Gulf. Volume 2. Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Safat Kuwait. 196 pp.
additional source	Uchima, M. (1979). Morphological observation of developmental stages in Oithona brevicornis (Copepoda, Cyclopoida). Bulletin of the Plankton Society of Japan 26(2):59-76, figs. 1-5, tabs. 1-6. (xii-1979)
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Kiefer, F. (1929). Crustacea Copepoda. 2. Cyclopoida Gnathostoma. Das Tierreich, Berlin und Leipzig. 53:1-102. [German].
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	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	Koga, F. (1984). Morphology, ecology, classification and specialization of copepods nauplius. Bulletin of the Nansei Regional Fisheries Research Laboratory 16:95-229, figs. 1-62, tabs. 1-3. (1-1984, Japanese with English summary).
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	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	Giesbrecht, W. (1891). Elenco dei Copepodi pescati dalla R. Corvetta 'Vettor Pisani' secondo la loro distribuzione geografica. [List of Copepods caught by the R. Corvette 'Vettor Pisani' according to their geographical distribution.]. Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Classe di Scienze Fisiche Matematiche e Naturali Rendiconti. (4)7 sem. 2:63-68, 276-282.
additional source	Chitra, J. & R. Ramanibai. (2010). Food selectivity and survival rates in the estuarine cyclopoid copepod Oithona brevicornis (Oithonidae) of Muttukadu backwaters, Tamilnadu. Environment & Ecology. 28(4): 2185-2188.
additional source	Grice, G.D. (1960). Copepods of the genus Oithona from the Gulf of Mexico. Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean 10(4):485-490, figs.1-18.
additional source	Bharathi Devi, N.S. & R. Ramanibai. (2010). Oithona brevicornis (Copepoda: cyclopoida): A scanning electron microscopy study. Current Biotica. 4(3):380-384.
additional source	Faber, D.J. (1966). Free-swimming copepod nauplii of Narragansett Bay with a key to their identification. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 23(2):189-205, figs. 1-36, tab. 1. (ii-1966)
additional source	Sewell, R.B.S. (1924). Crustacea Copepoda: Fauna of Chilka Lake. Memoirs of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 5(12):771-851, pls. 44-59. (vii-1924).
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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. Oithona brevicornis Giesbrecht, 1891. 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:106643