Oithona

Oithona is a planktonic crustacean genus found in marine, brackish, fresh water environments.[1] Oithona has been described as the most ubiquitous and abundant copepod in the world's oceans.[2] It was first described by Baird in 1843 using the species Oithona plumifera as taxon type.[3]

Oithona
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Hexanauplia
Order:
Cyclopoida
Family:
Oithonidae
Genus:
Oithona

Baird, 1843

The following species are recognized:[1]

  • Oithona aculeata Farran, 1913
  • Oithona alvarezi Lindberg, 1955
  • Oithona amazonica Burckhardt, 1913
  • Oithona aruensis Früchtl, 1923
  • Oithona atlantica Farran, 1908
  • Oithona attenuata Farran, 1913
  • Oithona australis Nishida, 1986
  • Oithona bjornbergae Ferrari F.D. & Bowman, 1980
  • Oithona bowmani Rocha C.E.F., 1986
  • Oithona brevicornis Giesbrecht, 1891
  • Oithona colcarva Bowman, 1975
  • Oithona cruralis Nishida, Tanaka & Omori, 1977
  • Oithona davisae Ferrari F.D. & Orsi, 1984
  • Oithona decipiens Farran, 1913
  • Oithona dissimilis Lindberg, 1940
  • Oithona erythrops Brady, 1915
  • Oithona fallax Farran, 1913
  • Oithona farrani (Brady, 1915)
  • Oithona flemingeri (Ferrari & Bowman, 1980)
  • Oithona fonsecae Ferrari & Bowman, 1980
  • Oithona fragilis Nishida, 1979
  • Oithona frigida Giesbrecht, 1902
  • Oithona gessneri Kiefer, 1954
  • Oithona hamata Rosendorn, 1917
  • Oithona hebes Giesbrecht, 1891
  • Oithona horai Sewell, 1934
  • Oithona linearis Giesbrecht, 1891
  • Oithona longispina Nishida, Tanaka & Omori, 1977
  • Oithona minuta Scott T., 1894
  • Oithona minuta Krichagin, 1877
  • Oithona nana Giesbrecht, 1893
  • Oithona nishidai McKinnon, 2000
  • Oithona oswaldocruzi Oliveira, 1945
  • Oithona pacifica (Nishida, 1985)
  • Oithona parvula (Farran, 1908)
  • Oithona plumifera Baird, 1843
  • Oithona pseudofrigida Rosendorn, 1917
  • Oithona pseudovivida Shuvalov, 1980
  • Oithona pulla (Farran, 1913)
  • Oithona robertsoni McKinnon, 2000
  • Oithona robusta Giesbrecht, 1891
  • Oithona rostralis Nishida, Tanaka & Omori, 1977
  • Oithona setigera (Dana, 1849)
  • Oithona similis Claus, 1866
  • Oithona simplex Farran, 1913
  • Oithona splendens Baird, 1843
  • Oithona tenuis Rosendorn, 1917
  • Oithona vivida Farran, 1913
  • Oithona wellershausi Ferrari F.D., 1982
  • Oithona abbreviata (Dana, 1849) (taxon inquirendum, listed as "Unbestimmbare Species" by Giesbrecht, 1892)
  • Oithona alia (Kiefer, 1935) accepted as Oithona rigida Giesbrecht, 1896 accepted as Dioithona rigida (Giesbrecht, 1896) (synonym according to Nishida, 1985)
  • Oithona canhanhae Oliveira, 1945 accepted as Oithona hebes Giesbrecht, 1891 (placed in synonymy by da Rocha, 1986)
  • Oithona challengeri Brady, 1883 accepted as Oithona setigera (Dana, 1849) (listed as synonym by Nishida, 1985)
  • Oithona helgolandica (Claus, 1863) accepted as Oithona similis Claus, 1866
  • Oithona neotropica Herbst, 1967 accepted as Oithona oswaldocruzi Oliveira, 1945 (placed in synonymy by da Rocha, 1986)
  • Oithona oculata Farran, 1913 accepted as Dioithona oculata (Farran, 1913) (synonym )
  • Oithona oligohalina Fonseca & Björnberg T.K.S., 1976 accepted as Oithona oswaldocruzi Oliveira, 1945 (placed in synonymy by da Rocha, 1986)
  • Oithona oraemaris Oliveira, 1946 accepted as Oithona hebes Giesbrecht, 1891 (placed in synonymy by da Rocha, 1986)
  • Oithona ovalis Herbst, 1955 accepted as Oithona hebes Giesbrecht, 1891 (placed in synonymy by da Rocha, 1986)
  • Oithona ovata Lindberg, 1950 accepted as Oithona attenuata Farran, 1913 (synonymised by Nishida, 1985)
  • Oithona pelagica Farran, 1908 accepted as Oithona setigera (Dana, 1849) (listed as synonym by Nishida, 1985)
  • Oithona plumosa Lindberg, 1947 accepted as Oithona nana Giesbrecht, 1893 (synonymised by Nishida, 1985)
  • Oithona pygmaea Boeck, 1865 accepted as Oithona similis Claus, 1866 (listed as probable synonym by Giesbrecht, 1892)
  • Oithona rigida Giesbrecht, 1896 accepted as Dioithona rigida (Giesbrecht, 1896)
  • Oithona sapucaiae Oliveira, 1945 accepted as Oithona hebes Giesbrecht, 1891 (placed in synonymy by da Rocha, 1986)
  • Oithona scriba (Dana, 1849) accepted as Oithona plumifera Baird, 1843 (listed as synonym by Giesbrecht, 1892)
  • Oithona sinensis Burckhardt, 1912 accepted as Limnoithona sinensis (Burckhardt, 1913)
  • Oithona spinifrons Boeck, 1865 accepted as Oithona similis Claus, 1866
  • Oithona spinirostris Claus, 1863 accepted as Oithona setigera (Dana, 1849) (listed as synonym by Nishida, 1985)
  • Oithona spinulosa Lindberg, 1950 accepted as Oithona brevicornis Giesbrecht, 1891 (synonym according to Nishida & Ferrari, 1983)
  • Oithona tropica Wolfenden, 1906 accepted as Oithona setigera (Dana, 1849) (listed as synonym by Nishida, 1985)

References
  1. Costello, Mark J.; Bouchet, Philippe; Boxshall, Geoff; Fauchald, Kristian; Gordon, Dennis; Hoeksema, Bert W.; Poore, Gary C. B.; van Soest, Rob W. M.; Stöhr, Sabine (2013-01-09). "Global Coordination and Standardisation in Marine Biodiversity through the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) and Related Databases". PLOS ONE. 8 (1): e51629. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0051629. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3541386. PMID 23505408.
  2. Robins, D. B.; Gallienne, C. P. (2001-12-01). "Is Oithona the most important copepod in the world's oceans?". Journal of Plankton Research. 23 (12): 1421–1432. doi:10.1093/plankt/23.12.1421. ISSN 0142-7873.
  3. Baird, William (1850). The natural history of the British Entomostraca. By W. Baird ... London: The Ray Society. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.1807.
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