WoRMS taxon details
Oithona similis Claus, 1866
106656 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106656)
accepted
Species
Oithona helgolandica (Claus, 1863) · unaccepted
Oithona pygmaea Boeck, 1865 · unaccepted (listed as probable synonym by...)
listed as probable synonym by Giesbrecht, 1892
Oithona spinifrons Boeck, 1865 · unaccepted
Oithonella helgolandica Claus, 1863 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Claus, C. (1866). Die Copepoden-Fauna von Nizza. Ein Beitrag zur Charakteristik der Formen und deren Abanderungen 'im Sinne Darwin's'. [The Copepod Fauna of Nice. A Contribution to the Characteristics of the Forms and their Variations 'in the Sense of Darwin']. <em>Schriften der Gesellschaft zur Beforderung der Gesammten Naturwissenschaften zu Marburg.</em> Supplemment 1: 1-34. Pls. 1-5.
page(s): 14 [details]
page(s): 14 [details]
Distribution Arctic to Cape Cod
Distribution Arctic to Cape Cod [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Oithona similis Claus, 1866. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106656 on 2025-07-15
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Nomenclature
original description
Claus, C. (1866). Die Copepoden-Fauna von Nizza. Ein Beitrag zur Charakteristik der Formen und deren Abanderungen 'im Sinne Darwin's'. [The Copepod Fauna of Nice. A Contribution to the Characteristics of the Forms and their Variations 'in the Sense of Darwin']. <em>Schriften der Gesellschaft zur Beforderung der Gesammten Naturwissenschaften zu Marburg.</em> Supplemment 1: 1-34. Pls. 1-5.
page(s): 14 [details]
original description (of Oithona pygmaea Boeck, 1865) Boeck, A. (1865). Oversigt over de ved Norges Kyster jagttagne Copepoder henhorende til Calanidernes, Cyclopidernes og Harpactidernes Familier. [Overview of the Copepods hunted on the coast of Norway belonging to the families Calanoidae, Cyclopoidae and Harpacticodidae.]. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1864: 226-282 [for 1864 however published in 1865]. [details]
original description (of Oithonella helgolandica Claus, 1863) Claus, C. (1863). Die frei lebenden Copepoden mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Fauna Deutschlands, der Nordsee und des Mittelmeeres. [The free-living copepods with special consideration of the fauna of Germany, the North Sea and the Mediterranean.]. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 230 pp., pls. 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11820384
page(s): 105 [details]
original description (of Oithona spinifrons Boeck, 1865) Boeck, A. (1865). Oversigt over de ved Norges Kyster jagttagne Copepoder henhorende til Calanidernes, Cyclopidernes og Harpactidernes Familier. [Overview of the Copepods hunted on the coast of Norway belonging to the families Calanoidae, Cyclopoidae and Harpacticodidae.]. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1864: 226-282 [for 1864 however published in 1865].
page(s): 249 [details]
basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 14 [details]
original description (of Oithona pygmaea Boeck, 1865) Boeck, A. (1865). Oversigt over de ved Norges Kyster jagttagne Copepoder henhorende til Calanidernes, Cyclopidernes og Harpactidernes Familier. [Overview of the Copepods hunted on the coast of Norway belonging to the families Calanoidae, Cyclopoidae and Harpacticodidae.]. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1864: 226-282 [for 1864 however published in 1865]. [details]
original description (of Oithonella helgolandica Claus, 1863) Claus, C. (1863). Die frei lebenden Copepoden mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Fauna Deutschlands, der Nordsee und des Mittelmeeres. [The free-living copepods with special consideration of the fauna of Germany, the North Sea and the Mediterranean.]. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 230 pp., pls. 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11820384
page(s): 105 [details]
original description (of Oithona spinifrons Boeck, 1865) Boeck, A. (1865). Oversigt over de ved Norges Kyster jagttagne Copepoder henhorende til Calanidernes, Cyclopidernes og Harpactidernes Familier. [Overview of the Copepods hunted on the coast of Norway belonging to the families Calanoidae, Cyclopoidae and Harpacticodidae.]. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1864: 226-282 [for 1864 however published in 1865].
page(s): 249 [details]
basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
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context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2015): Zooplankton monitoring in the Belgian Part of the North Sea between 2009 and 2010. [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]
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additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
additional source Murphy, J.A. & R.E. Cohen. (1978). A guide to the developmental stages of common coastal, Georges Bank and Gulf of Maine copepods. <em>National Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast Fisheries Center, Woods Hole Laboratory Reference Co. No. NOAA NEFSC.</em> 78-53, 56 pp. [details]
additional source Scott, T. (1899). Report on the marine and freshwater Crustacea from Franz-Josef Land, collected by Mr. William S. Bruce, of the Jackson-Harmsworth Expedition. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology.</em> 27:60-126, pls. 3-9. (1-vii-1899). [details]
additional source Elwers, K. (1998). Seasonal population structure of Oithona similis (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) in Potter Cove (King George Island, Antarctica). Berichte zur Polarforschung, Bremerhaven 277:30-31. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Yoo, K.I. & D.H. Lim. (1995). Temporal and spatial distribution of Oithona similis (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) in Masan Bay, Korea. Korean Journal of Environmental Biology 13(1):53-60. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Eaton, J.M. (1971). Studies on the feeding and reproductive biology of the marine cyclopoid copepod Oithona similis Claus. Ph.D. Thesis, Dalhousie University 101 pp. [details]
additional source Elwers, K. & H.U. Dahms. (1998). Species composition and seasonal population structure of Oithona similis (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) in the Potter Cove (Jubany, King George Island, Antarctica). In: The Potter Cove Coastal Ecosystem - Synopsis. Berichte zur Polarforschung 299:150-155. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Esterly, C.O. (1928). The periodic occurrence of Copepoda in the marine plankton of two successive years at La Jolla, California. Bulletin of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Technical Series 1:247-345, figs. 1-19. (30-iii-1928) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Fish, C.J. (1936). The biology of Oithona similis in the Gulf of Maine and the Bay of Fundy. Biological Bulletin, Woods Hole 71:168-187, figs. 1-9, tabs. 1-4. (viii-1936) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Fransz, H.G. & S.R. Gonzalez. (1995). The production of Oithona similis (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) in the Southern Ocean. <em>ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea) Journal of Marine Science.</em> 52(3-4):549-555. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Saadi, A. & A. Champeau. (1994). Density, biomass and production of Arctodiaptomus salinus (Copepoda, Calanoida) in a temporary brackish hydrosystem, the Zima Sebkha (Morocco). <em>Écologie, Sociéte Francaise d'Écologie.</em> 25(2):71-78. (Juin 1994). [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): 7 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kiørboe, T. & M. Sabatini. (1994). Reproductive and life cycle strategies in egg-carrying cyclopoid and free-spawning calanoid copepods. Journal of Plankton Research 16(10):1353-1366. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kirkup, R. (1980). Aspects of the feeding regimen of the marine cyclopoid copepod Oithona similis (Claus). Doctoral Dissertation, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 226pp. [details]
additional source Mordukhai-Boltovskoy, F.D., ed. (1969). Rakoobraznye. (Crustacea). Opredetel' fauny Chernogo i Azovskogo more, 2. Svobodnozhivushchie bespozvonochnye. [Crustacea. Identification key to the fauna of the Black and Azov Seas, 2. Freeliving invertebrates.]. <em>Institut Biologii Yuzh'nykh Morei, Akademiya Nauk USSR, Naukova Dumka, Kiev.</em> 536 pp. (In Russian.). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Li, S.J. & J.C. Fang. (1990). Larval stages of marine planktonic copepods of China. China Ocean Press, Beijing 141 pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Linko, A.K. (1907). Untersuchungen über das Plankton des Barents Meeres. [Investigations on the plankton of the Barents Sea.]. <em>Wissenschaftlich praktische Murman Expedition, St. Petersburg.</em> :1-247, figs.1-21. [details]
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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 Phatak, V.N. (1983). Biology of the Copepod Oithona similis Claus. <em>Thesis, Siddharth College, University of Bombay, India.</em> 124 pp. [details]
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. (1964). Sezonnaya izmenchivost' razmerov Oithona similis Claus (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) v Belom more. [Seasonal variations in size of Oithona similis Claus (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) in the White Sea.]. <em>Materialy rybokhoz. issled. sev. basseina, Murmansk.</em> 4:68-72. [details]
additional source Shuvalov, V.S. (1965). Sezonnaya izmenchivost razmerov i nekotorye osobennosti biologii Oithona similis Claus (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) v Belom more (Kandalakshskii zaliv). [Seasonal variation observed in size and some features of biology in Oithona similis Claus (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) in the White Sea (Kandalaksha Gulf).]. <em>Okeanologiya, Oceanology.</em> 5(2):338-347, figs. 1-2, tabs. 1-4. (31-iii-1965, Russian) ( :116-122 English). [details] Available for editors [request]
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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]
context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2015): Zooplankton monitoring in the Belgian Part of the North Sea between 2009 and 2010. [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
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additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Murphy, J.A. & R.E. Cohen. (1978). A guide to the developmental stages of common coastal, Georges Bank and Gulf of Maine copepods. <em>National Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast Fisheries Center, Woods Hole Laboratory Reference Co. No. NOAA NEFSC.</em> 78-53, 56 pp. [details]
additional source Scott, T. (1899). Report on the marine and freshwater Crustacea from Franz-Josef Land, collected by Mr. William S. Bruce, of the Jackson-Harmsworth Expedition. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology.</em> 27:60-126, pls. 3-9. (1-vii-1899). [details]
additional source Elwers, K. (1998). Seasonal population structure of Oithona similis (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) in Potter Cove (King George Island, Antarctica). Berichte zur Polarforschung, Bremerhaven 277:30-31. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Yoo, K.I. & D.H. Lim. (1995). Temporal and spatial distribution of Oithona similis (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) in Masan Bay, Korea. Korean Journal of Environmental Biology 13(1):53-60. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Eaton, J.M. (1971). Studies on the feeding and reproductive biology of the marine cyclopoid copepod Oithona similis Claus. Ph.D. Thesis, Dalhousie University 101 pp. [details]
additional source Elwers, K. & H.U. Dahms. (1998). Species composition and seasonal population structure of Oithona similis (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) in the Potter Cove (Jubany, King George Island, Antarctica). In: The Potter Cove Coastal Ecosystem - Synopsis. Berichte zur Polarforschung 299:150-155. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Esterly, C.O. (1928). The periodic occurrence of Copepoda in the marine plankton of two successive years at La Jolla, California. Bulletin of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Technical Series 1:247-345, figs. 1-19. (30-iii-1928) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Fish, C.J. (1936). The biology of Oithona similis in the Gulf of Maine and the Bay of Fundy. Biological Bulletin, Woods Hole 71:168-187, figs. 1-9, tabs. 1-4. (viii-1936) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Fransz, H.G. & S.R. Gonzalez. (1995). The production of Oithona similis (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) in the Southern Ocean. <em>ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea) Journal of Marine Science.</em> 52(3-4):549-555. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Saadi, A. & A. Champeau. (1994). Density, biomass and production of Arctodiaptomus salinus (Copepoda, Calanoida) in a temporary brackish hydrosystem, the Zima Sebkha (Morocco). <em>Écologie, Sociéte Francaise d'Écologie.</em> 25(2):71-78. (Juin 1994). [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): 7 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kiørboe, T. & M. Sabatini. (1994). Reproductive and life cycle strategies in egg-carrying cyclopoid and free-spawning calanoid copepods. Journal of Plankton Research 16(10):1353-1366. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kirkup, R. (1980). Aspects of the feeding regimen of the marine cyclopoid copepod Oithona similis (Claus). Doctoral Dissertation, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 226pp. [details]
additional source Mordukhai-Boltovskoy, F.D., ed. (1969). Rakoobraznye. (Crustacea). Opredetel' fauny Chernogo i Azovskogo more, 2. Svobodnozhivushchie bespozvonochnye. [Crustacea. Identification key to the fauna of the Black and Azov Seas, 2. Freeliving invertebrates.]. <em>Institut Biologii Yuzh'nykh Morei, Akademiya Nauk USSR, Naukova Dumka, Kiev.</em> 536 pp. (In Russian.). [details] Available for editors
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[request]additional source Linko, A.K. (1907). Untersuchungen über das Plankton des Barents Meeres. [Investigations on the plankton of the Barents Sea.]. <em>Wissenschaftlich praktische Murman Expedition, St. Petersburg.</em> :1-247, figs.1-21. [details]
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[request]additional source Chang, C.Y. (2009). Illustrated encyclopedia of fauna & flora of Korea. Vol. 42. Inland-water Copepoda. <em>Jeonghaeng-sa, Ministry of Education, Seoul, South Korea.</em> 42:1-687. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Suárez-Morales, E., J.W. Fleeger & P.A. Montagna. (2009). Free-living Copepoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder, D. L. & D.K. Camp [Eds]. Gulf of Mexico: origin, waters, and biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 1393 pp.</em> Chapter pagination: 841-869. [details] Available for editors
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[request]additional source Lee, B.D. (1966). Distribution and abundance of pelagic copepods in the Drake Passage and off the coast of Argentina, with special reference to hydrology of these areas. Ph.D. Thesis, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 1-250, pls. 1-56. [details] Available for editors
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[request]additional source Yin, J.H., C.C. Wu, P.P. Shen, A.Y. Wan, Z.C. Tao & Y.T. Wang. (2023). Annual variations of abundance, egg production rate, and community structure of Oithona similis in Jiaozhou Bay, the Yellow Sea. <em>Frontiers In Marine Science.</em> 10:1-11. 1119883. FEB 2023., available online at https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1119883 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Arctic to Cape Cod [details]Habitat upper and glacial epipelagic regions of the Gulf and estuary [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Polish | ojtona | [details] |
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Oithona helgolandica (Claus, 1863))
To Barcode of Life (51 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (161 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) (from synonym Oithona helgolandica (Claus, 1863))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oithona helgolandica) (from synonym Oithona helgolandica (Claus, 1863))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oithona similis)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Oithona helgolandica (Claus, 1863))
To GenBank (355 nucleotides; 250 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Oithona helgolandica (Claus, 1863))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records) (from synonym Oithona helgolandica (Claus, 1863))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (25 records)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Oithona helgolandica (Claus, 1863))
To Barcode of Life (51 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (161 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) (from synonym Oithona helgolandica (Claus, 1863))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oithona helgolandica) (from synonym Oithona helgolandica (Claus, 1863))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oithona similis)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Oithona helgolandica (Claus, 1863))
To GenBank (355 nucleotides; 250 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Oithona helgolandica (Claus, 1863))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records) (from synonym Oithona helgolandica (Claus, 1863))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (25 records)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
