Copepoda name details
Oithona rigida Giesbrecht, 1896
220943 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:220943)
unaccepted
Species
Dioithona alia Kiefer, 1935 · unaccepted (synonym according to Nishida, 1985)
Dioithona aurea Lindberg, 1948 · unaccepted (listed as synonym by Nishida, 1985)
Oithona alia (Kiefer, 1935) · unaccepted (synonym according to Nishida, 1985)
- Subspecies Oithona rigida aurea Lindberg, 1950
- Subspecies Oithona rigida elongata Lindberg, 1950
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Giesbrecht, W. (1896). Über pelagische Copepoden des Rothen Meeres, gesammelt vom Marinestabsarzt Dr. Augustin Krämer. [On pelagic copepods of the Red Sea, collected by the naval medical officer Dr. Augustin Krämer.]. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere.</em> 9(2):315-328, pls. 5-6. (20-iii-1896). [details] 
Description Occurs in tha Mangrove habitats of Goa, India <488>.
Description Occurs in tha Mangrove habitats of Goa, India <488>. [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2021). World of Copepods Database. Oithona rigida Giesbrecht, 1896. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=220943 on 2025-12-02
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Giesbrecht, W. (1896). Über pelagische Copepoden des Rothen Meeres, gesammelt vom Marinestabsarzt Dr. Augustin Krämer. [On pelagic copepods of the Red Sea, collected by the naval medical officer Dr. Augustin Krämer.]. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere.</em> 9(2):315-328, pls. 5-6. (20-iii-1896). [details]
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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Scott, A. (1909). The Copepoda of the Siboga Expedition. Part I. Free-swimming, littoral and semi-parasitic Copepoda. <em>Siboga Expeditie, Monograph, Leiden.</em> 29:1-323, pls. 1-69., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2191407#page/11/mode/1up
page(s): 194 [details]
additional source Goswami, S.C. (1992). Zooplankton Ecology of the Mangrove Habitats of Goa. <em>Tropical Ecosystems: Ecology and Management.</em> :321- 332. [details]
additional source Kiefer, F. (1929). Crustacea Copepoda. 2. Cyclopoida Gnathostoma. <em>Das Tierreich, Berlin und Leipzig.</em> 53:1-102. [German].
page(s): 10 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Krishnaswamy, S. (1953). Pelagic Copepoda of the Madras coast. Journal of the Madras University, Series B 23(1):61-75, figs. 1-19. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Krishnaswamy, S. (1950). Larval stages of some copepods in the Madras plankton and their seasonal fluctuations. Journal of the Madras University, Series B 19:33-58, figs. 1-68, tab. 1. [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 Perumal, P., V.A. Prabhu, T. Nedumaran & P. Santhanam. (2000). Studies on behaviour and survival rate of Oithona rigida Giesbrecht (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) fed with Coscinodiscus centralis Ehrenberg and Skeletonema costatum (Grev.) Cleve. Seaweed Research and Utilisation, Namakkal 22(1-2):135-137. [details]
additional source Rao, V. Ramamohama. (1958). Development of a cyclopoid copepod Oithona rigida (Giesbrecht). Memoirs of Oceanography, Andrah Univerxsity 2:128-131, pls. 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 Sazhina, L.I. (1985). Naupliusy massovykh vidov pelagickeskikh kopepod Mirovogo okeana. [Nauplii of mass species pelagic copeopds of the world ocean.]. <em>Naukova Dumka, Kiev.</em> 238 pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
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.).
page(s): 177-185 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Wolfenden, R.N. (1906). Notes on the collection of Copepoda. In: Stanley Gardiner, J. (ed.). The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes. University Press, Cambridge 2, suppl. 1: 989-1040, pls. 96-100. [details]
additional source Poongothai, R. (2004). Molecular studies in marine copepods Pontella danae, Metis jousseaumei and Oithona rigida from Parangipettai coastal waters (India). M.Sc. Thesis, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India. 45 pp. [details]
additional source Santhanam, P. (2002). Studies on the ecology, experimental biology and live-food suitability of copepod, Oithona rigida Giesbrecht from Parangipettai coastal Environments (India). Ph.D. Thesis, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India. 163 pp. [details]
additional source Santhanam, P. & P. Perumal. (2012). Effect of temperature, salinity and algal food concentration on population density, growth and survival of marine copepod Oithona rigida Giesbrecht. Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences 41(4):369-376. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Santhanam, P. & P. Perumal. (2012). Evaluation of the marine copepod Oithona rigida Giesbrecht as live feed for larviculture of Asian seabass Lates calcarifer Bloch with special reference to nutritional value. Indian Journal of Fisheries 59(2):127-134. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Santhanam, P. & P. Perumal. (2012). Feeding, survival, egg production and hatching rate of the marine copepod Oithona rigida Giesbrecht (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) under experimental conditions. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 54(1):38-44. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Santhanam, P. & P. Perumal. (2013). Developmental biology of brackishwater copepod Oithona rigida Giesbrecht: A laboratory investigation. <em>Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences.</em> 42(2):236-243. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Santhanam, P., S. Ananth, S. Dinesh Kumar, R. Sasirekha, C. Premkumar, S. Jenyanthi & A. Shenbaga Devi. (2019). An Intensive Culture Techniques of Marine Copepod Oithona rigida (Dioithona rigida) Giesbrecht. <em>In: Santhanam, P., A. Begum & P. Pachiappan (eds.). Basic and Applied Zooplankton Biology, Springer Nature Singapore, 442 pp.</em> :367-394., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7953-5_17 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Vazudevan, S., M.P. Arulmoorthy, P. Gnanamoorthy & V. Ashok Prabu. (2013). Intensive Cultivation of the Calanoid Copepod Oithona rigida for Marinculture Purpose. <em>IJPBS. International Journal of Pharmacy and Biological Sciences.</em> 3(4) : 317-323. [details] Available for editors [request]
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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Scott, A. (1909). The Copepoda of the Siboga Expedition. Part I. Free-swimming, littoral and semi-parasitic Copepoda. <em>Siboga Expeditie, Monograph, Leiden.</em> 29:1-323, pls. 1-69., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2191407#page/11/mode/1up
page(s): 194 [details]
additional source Goswami, S.C. (1992). Zooplankton Ecology of the Mangrove Habitats of Goa. <em>Tropical Ecosystems: Ecology and Management.</em> :321- 332. [details]
additional source Kiefer, F. (1929). Crustacea Copepoda. 2. Cyclopoida Gnathostoma. <em>Das Tierreich, Berlin und Leipzig.</em> 53:1-102. [German].
page(s): 10 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Krishnaswamy, S. (1953). Pelagic Copepoda of the Madras coast. Journal of the Madras University, Series B 23(1):61-75, figs. 1-19. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Krishnaswamy, S. (1950). Larval stages of some copepods in the Madras plankton and their seasonal fluctuations. Journal of the Madras University, Series B 19:33-58, figs. 1-68, tab. 1. [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 Perumal, P., V.A. Prabhu, T. Nedumaran & P. Santhanam. (2000). Studies on behaviour and survival rate of Oithona rigida Giesbrecht (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) fed with Coscinodiscus centralis Ehrenberg and Skeletonema costatum (Grev.) Cleve. Seaweed Research and Utilisation, Namakkal 22(1-2):135-137. [details]
additional source Rao, V. Ramamohama. (1958). Development of a cyclopoid copepod Oithona rigida (Giesbrecht). Memoirs of Oceanography, Andrah Univerxsity 2:128-131, pls. 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 Sazhina, L.I. (1985). Naupliusy massovykh vidov pelagickeskikh kopepod Mirovogo okeana. [Nauplii of mass species pelagic copeopds of the world ocean.]. <em>Naukova Dumka, Kiev.</em> 238 pp. [details] Available for editors
[request]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.).
page(s): 177-185 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Wolfenden, R.N. (1906). Notes on the collection of Copepoda. In: Stanley Gardiner, J. (ed.). The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes. University Press, Cambridge 2, suppl. 1: 989-1040, pls. 96-100. [details]
additional source Poongothai, R. (2004). Molecular studies in marine copepods Pontella danae, Metis jousseaumei and Oithona rigida from Parangipettai coastal waters (India). M.Sc. Thesis, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India. 45 pp. [details]
additional source Santhanam, P. (2002). Studies on the ecology, experimental biology and live-food suitability of copepod, Oithona rigida Giesbrecht from Parangipettai coastal Environments (India). Ph.D. Thesis, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India. 163 pp. [details]
additional source Santhanam, P. & P. Perumal. (2012). Effect of temperature, salinity and algal food concentration on population density, growth and survival of marine copepod Oithona rigida Giesbrecht. Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences 41(4):369-376. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Santhanam, P. & P. Perumal. (2012). Evaluation of the marine copepod Oithona rigida Giesbrecht as live feed for larviculture of Asian seabass Lates calcarifer Bloch with special reference to nutritional value. Indian Journal of Fisheries 59(2):127-134. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Santhanam, P. & P. Perumal. (2012). Feeding, survival, egg production and hatching rate of the marine copepod Oithona rigida Giesbrecht (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) under experimental conditions. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 54(1):38-44. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Santhanam, P. & P. Perumal. (2013). Developmental biology of brackishwater copepod Oithona rigida Giesbrecht: A laboratory investigation. <em>Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences.</em> 42(2):236-243. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Santhanam, P., S. Ananth, S. Dinesh Kumar, R. Sasirekha, C. Premkumar, S. Jenyanthi & A. Shenbaga Devi. (2019). An Intensive Culture Techniques of Marine Copepod Oithona rigida (Dioithona rigida) Giesbrecht. <em>In: Santhanam, P., A. Begum & P. Pachiappan (eds.). Basic and Applied Zooplankton Biology, Springer Nature Singapore, 442 pp.</em> :367-394., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7953-5_17 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Vazudevan, S., M.P. Arulmoorthy, P. Gnanamoorthy & V. Ashok Prabu. (2013). Intensive Cultivation of the Calanoid Copepod Oithona rigida for Marinculture Purpose. <em>IJPBS. International Journal of Pharmacy and Biological Sciences.</em> 3(4) : 317-323. [details] Available for editors
[request]
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Description Occurs in tha Mangrove habitats of Goa, India <488>. [details]
