Oncaea
Encyclopedia
Oncaea is a genus
of copepod
s, containing the following species:
A number of nomina dubia
and species inquirenda
e have also been described in Oncaea:
Nomina dubia
Species inquirendae
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of copepod
Copepod
Copepods are a group of small crustaceans found in the sea and nearly every freshwater habitat. Some species are planktonic , some are benthic , and some continental species may live in limno-terrestrial habitats and other wet terrestrial places, such as swamps, under leaf fall in wet forests,...
s, containing the following species:
- Oncaea africana Shmeleva, 1979
- Oncaea alboranica Shmeleva, 1979
- Oncaea atlantica Shmeleva, 1967
- Oncaea bispinosa Böttger-Schnack, 2002
- Oncaea bowmani Heron, 1977
- Oncaea brocha Heron, 1977
- Oncaea brodskii Shmeleva, 1968
- Oncaea clevei Früchtl, 1923
- Oncaea compacta Heron, 1977
- Oncaea convexa Heron, 1977
- Oncaea cristata Böttger-Schnack, 2005
- Oncaea crypta Böttger-Schnack, 2005
- Oncaea curta G. O. Sars, 1916
- Oncaea curvata Giesbrecht, 1902
- Oncaea damkaeri Heron, 1977
- Oncaea delicata Heron, English & Damkaer, 1984
- Oncaea englishi Heron, 1977
- Oncaea furnestini Shmeleva, 1979
- Oncaea glabra Heron & Frost, 2000
- Oncaea grossa Heron & Frost, 2000
- Oncaea heronae Malt, 1982
- Oncaea illgi Heron, 1977
- Oncaea infantula K. T. Gordeeva, 1972
- Oncaea insolita Heron & Frost, 2000
- Oncaea lacinia Heron, English & Damkaer, 1984
- Oncaea latimana K. T. Gordeeva, 1975
- Oncaea longipes Shmeleva, 1968
- Oncaea longiseta Shmeleva, 1968
- Oncaea macilenta Heron, 1977
- Oncaea media Giesbrecht, 1891
- Oncaea mediterranea (Claus, 1863)
- Oncaea memorata K. T. Gordeeva, 1973
- Oncaea minima Shmeleva, 1968
- Oncaea minor Shmeleva, 1979
- Oncaea mollicula K. T. Gordeeva, 1975
- Oncaea notopus Giesbrecht, 1891
- Oncaea oceanica K. T. Gordeeva, 1972
- Oncaea olsoni Heron, 1977
- Oncaea ornata Giesbrecht, 1891
- Oncaea ovalis Shmeleva, 1966
- Oncaea parabathyalis Böttger-Schnack, 2005
- Oncaea paraclevei Böttger-Schnack, 2001
- Oncaea parila Heron, 1977
- Oncaea petila Heron, 1977
- Oncaea philippinensis (Kazachenko & Avdeev, 1977)
- Oncaea platysetosa Boxshall & Böttger, 1987
- Oncaea prendeli Shmeleva, 1966
- Oncaea prolata Heron, 1977
- Oncaea pumilis Heron, 1977
- Oncaea rimula Heron & Frost, 2000
- Oncaea rotata Heron & Frost, 2000
- Oncaea rotunda Heron, 1977
- Oncaea rotundata Boxshall, 1977
- Oncaea scottodicarloi Heron & Bradford-Grieve, 1995
- Oncaea setosa Heron, 1977
- Oncaea shmelevi K. T. Gordeeva, 1972
- Oncaea tenella G. O. Sars, 1916
- Oncaea tenuimana Giesbrecht, 1891
- Oncaea tregoubovi Shmeleva, 1968
- Oncaea venustaOncaea venustaOncaea venusta is a species of copepod with a cosmopolitan distribution, but lacking from the Arctic Ocean. Females are long, while males are only long. The front of the head is unusally wide, and the body is brightly coloured, usually yellow–orange, but sometimes red. O. venusta feeds on a...
Philippi, 1843 - Oncaea vodjanitskii Shmeleva & Delalo, 1965
- Oncaea waldemari Bersano & Boxshall, 1996
- Oncaea walleni Heron, 1977
- Oncaea zernovi Shmeleva, 1966
A number of nomina dubia
Nomen dubium
In zoological nomenclature, a nomen dubium is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application...
and species inquirenda
Species inquirenda
In biological classification, a species inquirenda is a species of doubtful identity requiring further investigation. The use of the term in English-language biological literature dates back to at least the early nineteenth century....
e have also been described in Oncaea:
Nomina dubia
- Oncaea neobscura Razouls, 1969
- Oncaea obscura Farran, 1908
- Oncaea parobscura Shmeleva, 1979
Species inquirendae
- Oncaea bathyalis Shmeleva, 1968
- Oncaea crassimana (Dana, 1849)
- Oncaea frosti Heron, 2002
- Oncaea gracilis (Dana, 1852)
- Oncaea obtusa (Dana, 1852)