WoRMS taxon details
Dioithona oculata (Farran, 1913)
346358 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:346358)
accepted
Species
Oithona aculeata Farran, 1913 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling (Binet Dessier 1968 reported this...)
Binet Dessier 1968 reported this aculeata, correct is oculata
Oithona oculata Farran, 1913 · unaccepted (synonym )
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Oithona oculata Farran, 1913) Farran, G.P. (1913). Plankton from Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. II. On Copepoda of the genera Oithona and Paroithona. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1913:181-193, pls. 27-31. [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Dioithona oculata (Farran, 1913). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=346358 on 2025-04-11
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Oithona oculata Farran, 1913) Farran, G.P. (1913). Plankton from Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. II. On Copepoda of the genera Oithona and Paroithona. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1913:181-193, pls. 27-31. [details]
original description (of Oithona aculeata Farran, 1913) Farran, G.P. (1913). Plankton from Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. II. On Copepoda of the genera Oithona and Paroithona. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1913:181-193, pls. 27-31. [details]
original description (of Oithona aculeata Farran, 1913) Farran, G.P. (1913). Plankton from Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. II. On Copepoda of the genera Oithona and Paroithona. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1913:181-193, pls. 27-31. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Brun, P., M.R. Payne & T. Kiørboe. (2017). A trait database for marine copepods. <em>Earth System Science Data.</em> 9(1):99-113., available online at https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-99-2017 [details] Available for editors 
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context source (HKRMS)
Lee, C.N.W. (2002). The ecology of planktonic copepods and hyperbenthic communities in the Cape d'Aguilar Marine Reserve, Hong Kong. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. [details]
additional source Ambler, J.W.,S.A. Broadwater, E.J. Buskey & J.O. Peterson. (1996). Mating behavior of Dioithona oculata in swarms. <em>In: Lenz, P.H., D.K. Hartline, J.E. Purcell & D.L. Macmillan, (Eds). Zooplankton: sensory ecology and physiology. Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, Amsterdam. 590 pp.</em> Chapter pagination: 287-299. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Ferrari, F.D. & A. Benforado. (1998). Relationships between arthrodial membrane formation and addition of setae to swimming legs 1-4 during development of Dioithona oculata, Ridgewayia klausruetzleri, Pleuromamma xiphias, and Temora longicornis (Copepoda). Crustaceana, Leiden 71(5):545-564. (vii.1998) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Ferrari, F.D. & J.W. Ambler. (1992). Nauplii and copepodids of the cyclopoid copepod Dioithona oculata (Farran, 1913) (Oithonidae) from a mangrove cay in Belize. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 105(2):275-298. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Ambler, J.W.,S.A. Broadwater, E.J. Buskey & J.O. Peterson. (1996). Mating behavior of Dioithona oculata in swarms. <em>In: Lenz, P.H., D.K. Hartline, J.E. Purcell & D.L. Macmillan, (Eds). Zooplankton: sensory ecology and physiology. Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, Amsterdam. 590 pp.</em> Chapter pagination: 287-299. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Ferrari, F.D. & A. Benforado. (1998). Relationships between arthrodial membrane formation and addition of setae to swimming legs 1-4 during development of Dioithona oculata, Ridgewayia klausruetzleri, Pleuromamma xiphias, and Temora longicornis (Copepoda). Crustaceana, Leiden 71(5):545-564. (vii.1998) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Ferrari, F.D. & J.W. Ambler. (1992). Nauplii and copepodids of the cyclopoid copepod Dioithona oculata (Farran, 1913) (Oithonidae) from a mangrove cay in Belize. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 105(2):275-298. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list
To Barcode of Life (16 barcodes)
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes) (from synonym Oithona oculata Farran, 1913)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Oithona oculata Farran, 1913)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dioithona oculata)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oithona oculata) (from synonym Oithona oculata Farran, 1913)
To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 16 proteins)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Oithona oculata Farran, 1913)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Oithona oculata Farran, 1913)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (3 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (7 records) (from synonym Oithona oculata Farran, 1913)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (16 barcodes)
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes) (from synonym Oithona oculata Farran, 1913)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Oithona oculata Farran, 1913)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dioithona oculata)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oithona oculata) (from synonym Oithona oculata Farran, 1913)
To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 16 proteins)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Oithona oculata Farran, 1913)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Oithona oculata Farran, 1913)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (3 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (7 records) (from synonym Oithona oculata Farran, 1913)
To ITIS
