Copepoda taxon details
Oithona dissimilis Lindberg, 1940
353996 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:353996)
accepted
Species
Oithona dissimilis dissimilis Lindberg, 1940 · alternative representation (sole subspecies, essentially redundant)
Oithona dissimilis oceanica Lindberg, 1947 · unaccepted (synonymised by Nishida, 1985)
- Subspecies Oithona dissimilis oceanica Lindberg, 1947 accepted as Oithona dissimilis Lindberg, 1940 (synonymised by Nishida, 1985)
- Subspecies Oithona dissimilis dissimilis Lindberg, 1940 represented as Oithona dissimilis Lindberg, 1940 (sole subspecies, essentially redundant)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Lindberg, K. (1940). Cyclopoides (Crustacés Copépodes) de l'Inde. [Cyclopoids (Crustacea Copepods) from India.]. <em>Records of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.</em> 42:519-526, figs. 1-4. (24-ix-1940). [details] Available for editors 
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(of Oithona dissimilis dissimilis Lindberg, 1940) Lindberg, K. (1940). Cyclopoides (Crustacés Copépodes) de l'Inde. [Cyclopoids (Crustacea Copepods) from India.]. <em>Records of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.</em> 42:519-526, figs. 1-4. (24-ix-1940). [details] Available for editors [request]
[request](of Oithona dissimilis dissimilis Lindberg, 1940) Lindberg, K. (1940). Cyclopoides (Crustacés Copépodes) de l'Inde. [Cyclopoids (Crustacea Copepods) from India.]. <em>Records of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.</em> 42:519-526, figs. 1-4. (24-ix-1940). [details] Available for editors
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Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2021). World of Copepods database. Oithona dissimilis Lindberg, 1940. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=353996 on 2025-11-30
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Lindberg, K. (1940). Cyclopoides (Crustacés Copépodes) de l'Inde. [Cyclopoids (Crustacea Copepods) from India.]. <em>Records of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.</em> 42:519-526, figs. 1-4. (24-ix-1940). [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Oithona dissimilis oceanica Lindberg, 1947) Lindberg, K. (1947). Cyclopides (Crustacés Copépodes) nouveaux de l'Inde. I. [Description des premiers Bryocyclops découverts dans l'Inde. 1]. <em>Records of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.</em> 45(1):47-55. (11-vii-1947). [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Oithona dissimilis dissimilis Lindberg, 1940) Lindberg, K. (1940). Cyclopoides (Crustacés Copépodes) de l'Inde. [Cyclopoids (Crustacea Copepods) from India.]. <em>Records of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.</em> 42:519-526, figs. 1-4. (24-ix-1940). [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (HKRMS) Lee CNW. (2003).Seasonal changes in the planktonic copepod community of the southeastern coastal waters of Hong Kong. In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of an International Workshop Reunion Conference, Hong Kong: Perspectives on Marine Environment Change in Hong Kong and Southern China, 1977-2001.Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. pp 367-387. [details]
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 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 Ueda, H., A. Yamaguchi, S.I. Saitoh, S.O. Sakaguchi & K. Tachihara. (2011). Speciation of two salinity-associated size forms of Oithona dissimilis (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) in estuaries. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 45(33-34):2069-2079. [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Ferrari, F.D. (1977). A redescription of Oithona dissimilis Lindberg 1940 with a comparison to Oithona hebes Giesbrecht 1891 (Crustacea: Copepoda: Cyclopoida). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 90(2):400-411, figs. 1-5. (12-viii-1977) [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
[request]original description (of Oithona dissimilis oceanica Lindberg, 1947) Lindberg, K. (1947). Cyclopides (Crustacés Copépodes) nouveaux de l'Inde. I. [Description des premiers Bryocyclops découverts dans l'Inde. 1]. <em>Records of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.</em> 45(1):47-55. (11-vii-1947). [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Oithona dissimilis dissimilis Lindberg, 1940) Lindberg, K. (1940). Cyclopoides (Crustacés Copépodes) de l'Inde. [Cyclopoids (Crustacea Copepods) from India.]. <em>Records of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.</em> 42:519-526, figs. 1-4. (24-ix-1940). [details] Available for editors
[request]context source (HKRMS) Lee CNW. (2003).Seasonal changes in the planktonic copepod community of the southeastern coastal waters of Hong Kong. In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of an International Workshop Reunion Conference, Hong Kong: Perspectives on Marine Environment Change in Hong Kong and Southern China, 1977-2001.Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. pp 367-387. [details]
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 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 Ueda, H., A. Yamaguchi, S.I. Saitoh, S.O. Sakaguchi & K. Tachihara. (2011). Speciation of two salinity-associated size forms of Oithona dissimilis (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) in estuaries. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 45(33-34):2069-2079. [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Ferrari, F.D. (1977). A redescription of Oithona dissimilis Lindberg 1940 with a comparison to Oithona hebes Giesbrecht 1891 (Crustacea: Copepoda: Cyclopoida). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 90(2):400-411, figs. 1-5. (12-viii-1977) [details] Available for editors
[request]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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Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oithona dissimilis)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (3 records)
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oithona dissimilis)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (3 records)