WoRMS name details
Oncaea rufa Boxshall & Böttger, 1987
215780 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215780)
unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Boxshall, G.A. & R. Böttger. (1987). Two new species of Oncaea (Copepoda: Poecilostomatoida) from the Red Sea and a redescription of O. atlantica Shmeleva. <em>Journal of Plankton Research.</em> 9(3):553-564, figs. 1-6. [details] Available for editors 
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Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Oncaea rufa Boxshall & Böttger, 1987. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215780 on 2025-06-30
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original description
Boxshall, G.A. & R. Böttger. (1987). Two new species of Oncaea (Copepoda: Poecilostomatoida) from the Red Sea and a redescription of O. atlantica Shmeleva. <em>Journal of Plankton Research.</em> 9(3):553-564, figs. 1-6. [details] Available for editors [request]
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context source (Deepsea)
Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details]
additional source Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 6 (2): 63-118., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273213810_Annotated_list_of_marine_alien_species_in_the_Mediterranean_with_records_of_the_worst_invasive_species [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 6 (2): 63-118., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273213810_Annotated_list_of_marine_alien_species_in_the_Mediterranean_with_records_of_the_worst_invasive_species [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal in Lebanese part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin : Canals: natural range expansion through man-made canals [details]Introduced species vector dispersal in Lebanese part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin : Shipping [details]