WoRMS taxon details
Oithona attenuata Farran, 1913
220944 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:220944)
accepted
Species
Oithona attenuata attenuata Farran, 1913 · unaccepted (subspecies synonymised by Nishida, 1985)
Oithona attenuata latithoracica Früchtl, 1923 · unaccepted (subspecies synonymised by Nishida, 1985)
Oithona ovata Lindberg, 1950 · unaccepted (synonymised by Nishida, 1985)
- Subspecies Oithona attenuata attenuata Farran, 1913 accepted as Oithona attenuata Farran, 1913 (subspecies synonymised by Nishida, 1985)
- Subspecies Oithona attenuata latithoracica Früchtl, 1923 accepted as Oithona attenuata Farran, 1913 (subspecies synonymised by Nishida, 1985)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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. Oithona attenuata Farran, 1913. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=220944 on 2025-11-13
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Nomenclature
original description
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 ovata Lindberg, 1950) Lindberg, K. (1950). Cyclopoïdes nouveaux ou peu connus (Crustacés Copépodes). [New or little-known Cyclopoids (Crustacea Copepods).]. <em>Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, Nouvelle Série.</em> 29(3):259-297, figs. 1-21. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Oithona attenuata latithoracica Früchtl, 1923) Früchtl, F. (1923). Cladocera und Copepoda der Aru-Inseln. (Vorläufige Mitteilung: Artenliste und kurze Diagnosen der neuen Formen). [Cladocera and Copepoda of the Aru Islands. (Preliminary communication: species list and brief diagnoses of the new forms).]. <em>Senckenbergische Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, Abhandlungen.</em> 375(4):449-457, pl. 26. German. [details]
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
original description (of Oithona ovata Lindberg, 1950) Lindberg, K. (1950). Cyclopoïdes nouveaux ou peu connus (Crustacés Copépodes). [New or little-known Cyclopoids (Crustacea Copepods).]. <em>Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, Nouvelle Série.</em> 29(3):259-297, figs. 1-21. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Oithona attenuata latithoracica Früchtl, 1923) Früchtl, F. (1923). Cladocera und Copepoda der Aru-Inseln. (Vorläufige Mitteilung: Artenliste und kurze Diagnosen der neuen Formen). [Cladocera and Copepoda of the Aru Islands. (Preliminary communication: species list and brief diagnoses of the new forms).]. <em>Senckenbergische Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, Abhandlungen.</em> 375(4):449-457, pl. 26. German. [details]
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
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). [details] Available for editors [request]
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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 [request]
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context source (HKRMS)
Chan, L. C. (1995). The ecology of marine plankton in Tai Tam Bay, Hong Kong, with special reference to barnacle (Arthropoda: Cirripedia) larvae. <em>PhD thesis. The University of Hong Kong.</em> [details]
context source (Bermuda) Wilson, C. B. (1936). Plankton of the Bermuda Oceanographic Expeditions IV. Notes on Copepoda . Zoologica Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society , New York, 21(7): 89-93 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Okemwa, E.N. (1992). A long-term sampling study of copepods across a tropical creek in Mombasa, Kenya. <em>East African Agriculture and Forestry Journal.</em> 57(4):199-215. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Yoo, K.I. & D.H. Lim. (1993). Cyclopoid copepods of genus Oithona in Korean waters. Korean Journal of Systematic Zoology 9(2):91-102. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kiefer, F. (1929). Crustacea Copepoda. 2. Cyclopoida Gnathostoma. <em>Das Tierreich, Berlin und Leipzig.</em> 53:1-102. [German].
page(s): 8 [details] Available for editors [request]
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). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Nishida, S., O. Tanaka & M. Omori. (1977). Cyclopoid copepods of the family Oithonidae in Suruga Bay and adjacent waters. Bulletin of the Plankton Society of Japan 24(2):119-158, figs. 1-26, tabs. 1-2. [details] Available for editors [request]
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.]. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition 'Valdivia'.</em> 23:1-58, figs. 1-27, map 1. [details]
additional source Shuvalov, V.S. (1980). Veslonogiye rachki — tsiklopoidy semeystva Oithonidae Mirovogo okeana. [Copepoda crustaceans - Cyclopoida of the family Oithonidae of the world oceans.]. <em>V serii: "Opredeliteli po faune SSSR", izdavayemoy Zoologicheskim institutom AN SSSR. Leningrad, "Nauka".</em> 125:1-197, figs. 1-64. (24-v-1980, Russian.). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Gollasch, S., H. Rosenthal, H. Botnen, J. Hamer, I. Laing, E. Leppäkoski, E. Macdonald, D. Minchin, M. Nauke, S. Olenin, S. Utting, M. Voigt & I. Wallentinus. (2000). Fluctuations of zooplankton taxa in ballast water during short-term and long-term ocean-going voyages. <em>International Review of Hydrobiology.</em> 85(5-6):597-608., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/1522-2632(200011)85:5/6<597::AID-IROH597>3.0.CO;2-4 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Al-Yamani, F.Y. & I. Prusova. (2003). Common Copepoda of the Northwestern Arabian Gulf: Identification Guide. Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Safat. 162 pp. [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 Al-Yamani, F.Y., V. Skryabin, A. Gubanova, S. Khvorov & I. Prusova. (2011). Marine Zooplankton Practical Guide for the Northwestern Arabian Gulf. Volume 2. <em>Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Safat Kuwait.</em> 196 pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Bermuda) Wilson, C. B. (1936). Plankton of the Bermuda Oceanographic Expeditions IV. Notes on Copepoda . Zoologica Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society , New York, 21(7): 89-93 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Okemwa, E.N. (1992). A long-term sampling study of copepods across a tropical creek in Mombasa, Kenya. <em>East African Agriculture and Forestry Journal.</em> 57(4):199-215. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Yoo, K.I. & D.H. Lim. (1993). Cyclopoid copepods of genus Oithona in Korean waters. Korean Journal of Systematic Zoology 9(2):91-102. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kiefer, F. (1929). Crustacea Copepoda. 2. Cyclopoida Gnathostoma. <em>Das Tierreich, Berlin und Leipzig.</em> 53:1-102. [German].
page(s): 8 [details] Available for editors
[request]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). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Nishida, S., O. Tanaka & M. Omori. (1977). Cyclopoid copepods of the family Oithonidae in Suruga Bay and adjacent waters. Bulletin of the Plankton Society of Japan 24(2):119-158, figs. 1-26, tabs. 1-2. [details] Available for editors
[request]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.]. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition 'Valdivia'.</em> 23:1-58, figs. 1-27, map 1. [details]
additional source Shuvalov, V.S. (1980). Veslonogiye rachki — tsiklopoidy semeystva Oithonidae Mirovogo okeana. [Copepoda crustaceans - Cyclopoida of the family Oithonidae of the world oceans.]. <em>V serii: "Opredeliteli po faune SSSR", izdavayemoy Zoologicheskim institutom AN SSSR. Leningrad, "Nauka".</em> 125:1-197, figs. 1-64. (24-v-1980, Russian.). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Gollasch, S., H. Rosenthal, H. Botnen, J. Hamer, I. Laing, E. Leppäkoski, E. Macdonald, D. Minchin, M. Nauke, S. Olenin, S. Utting, M. Voigt & I. Wallentinus. (2000). Fluctuations of zooplankton taxa in ballast water during short-term and long-term ocean-going voyages. <em>International Review of Hydrobiology.</em> 85(5-6):597-608., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/1522-2632(200011)85:5/6<597::AID-IROH597>3.0.CO;2-4 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Al-Yamani, F.Y. & I. Prusova. (2003). Common Copepoda of the Northwestern Arabian Gulf: Identification Guide. Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Safat. 162 pp. [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 Al-Yamani, F.Y., V. Skryabin, A. Gubanova, S. Khvorov & I. Prusova. (2011). Marine Zooplankton Practical Guide for the Northwestern Arabian Gulf. Volume 2. <em>Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Safat Kuwait.</em> 196 pp. [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 (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oithona attenuata)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oithona attenuata)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To ITIS
