WoRMS name details
Oithona pelagica Farran, 1908
354008 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:354008)
unaccepted (listed as synonym by Nishida, 1985)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Farran, G.P. (1908). Note on the copepod genus Oithona. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)2:498-503. [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Oithona pelagica Farran, 1908. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=354008 on 2025-10-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Farran, G.P. (1908). Note on the copepod genus Oithona. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)2:498-503. [details] 
Other
additional source
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] 
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality