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Oncaea Philippi, 1843

Oncaea venusta
Oncaea venusta

128690 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:128690)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Copepoda (Class)
  7. Neocopepoda (Infraclass)
  8. Podoplea (Superorder)
  9. Cyclopoida (Order)
  10. Ergasilida (Suborder)
  11. Oncaeidae (Family)
  12. Oncaea (Genus)
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Oncaea venusta Philippi, 1843 represented as Oncaea venusta venusta Philippi, 1843 (type by original designation)

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  1. Species Oncaea alboranica Shmeleva, 1979
  2. Species Oncaea bowmani Heron, 1977
  3. Species Oncaea brocha Heron, 1977
  4. Species Oncaea brodskii Shmeleva, 1968
  5. Species Oncaea compacta Heron, 1977
  6. Species Oncaea convexa Heron, 1977
  7. Species Oncaea curta Sars G.O., 1916
  8. Species Oncaea curvata Giesbrecht, 1902
  9. Species Oncaea damkaeri Heron, 1977
  10. Species Oncaea delicata Heron, English & Damkaer, 1984
  11. Species Oncaea englishi Heron, 1977
  12. Species Oncaea glabra Heron & Frost, 2000
  13. Species Oncaea grossa Heron & Frost, 2000
  14. Species Oncaea illgi Heron, 1977
  15. Species Oncaea insolita Heron & Frost, 2000
  16. Species Oncaea lacinia Heron, English & Damkaer, 1984
  17. Species Oncaea longipes Shmeleva, 1968
  18. Species Oncaea longiseta Shmeleva, 1968
  19. Species Oncaea macilenta Heron, 1977
  20. Species Oncaea mediterranea (Claus, 1863)
  21. Species Oncaea notopus Giesbrecht, 1891
  22. Species Oncaea olsoni Heron, 1977
  23. Species Oncaea ornata Giesbrecht, 1891
  24. Species Oncaea ovalis Shmeleva, 1966
  25. Species Oncaea parila Heron, 1977
  26. Species Oncaea petila Heron, 1977
  27. Species Oncaea prendeli Shmeleva, 1966
  28. Species Oncaea prolata Heron, 1977
  29. Species Oncaea pumilis Heron, 1977
  30. Species Oncaea rimula Heron & Frost, 2000
  31. Species Oncaea rotata Heron & Frost, 2000
  32. Species Oncaea rotunda Heron, 1977
  33. Species Oncaea rotundata Boxshall, 1977
  34. Species Oncaea setosa Heron, 1977
  35. Species Oncaea shmelevi Gordeeva K.T., 1972
  36. Species Oncaea tenella Sars G.O., 1916
  37. Species Oncaea tenuimana Giesbrecht, 1891
  38. Species Oncaea walleni Heron, 1977
  39. Species Oncaea zernovi Shmeleva, 1966
  40. Species Oncaea bathyalis Shmeleva, 1968 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  41. Species Oncaea gracilis (Dana, 1852) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  42. Species Oncaea obscura Farran, 1908 (uncertain > nomen dubium, female description was based on a juvenile stage)
  43. Species Oncaea antarctica Heron, 1977 accepted as Triconia antarctica (Heron, 1977)
  44. Species Oncaea borealis Sars G.O., 1918 accepted as Triconia borealis (Sars G.O., 1918)
  45. Species Oncaea canadensis Heron & Frost, 2000 accepted as Triconia canadensis (Heron & Frost, 2000)
  46. Species Oncaea conifera Giesbrecht, 1891 accepted as Triconia conifera (Giesbrecht, 1891)
  47. Species Oncaea dentipes Giesbrecht, 1891 accepted as Triconia dentipes (Giesbrecht, 1891)
  48. Species Oncaea hawii Böttger-Schnack & Boxshall, 1990 accepted as Triconia hawii (Böttger-Schnack & Boxshall, 1990)
  49. Species Oncaea inflexa Heron, 1977 accepted as Triconia inflexa (Heron, 1977)
  50. Species Oncaea ivlevi Shmeleva, 1966 accepted as Spinoncaea ivlevi (Shmeleva, 1966)
  51. Species Oncaea minuta Giesbrecht, 1893 accepted as Triconia minuta (Giesbrecht, 1893)
  52. Species Oncaea praeclara Humes, 1988 accepted as Oncaea venusta Philippi, 1843 represented as Oncaea venusta venusta Philippi, 1843 (synonym)
  53. Species Oncaea quadrata Heron & Bradford-Grieve, 1995 accepted as Triconia quadrata (Heron & Bradford-Grieve, 1995)
  54. Species Oncaea rapax (Giesbrecht, 1891) accepted as Conaea rapax Giesbrecht, 1891
  55. Species Oncaea redacta Heron & Bradford-Grieve, 1995 accepted as Triconia redacta (Heron & Bradford-Grieve, 1995)
  56. Species Oncaea rufa Boxshall & Böttger, 1987 accepted as Triconia rufa (Boxshall & Böttger, 1987)
  57. Species Oncaea similis Sars G.O., 1918 accepted as Triconia similis (Sars G.O., 1918)
  58. Species Oncaea subtilis Giesbrecht, 1893 accepted as Monothula subtilis (Giesbrecht, 1893)
  59. Species Oncaea thoresoni Heron & Frost, 2000 accepted as Triconia thoresoni (Heron & Frost, 2000)
  60. Species Oncaea media Giesbrecht, 1891 represented as Oncaea media media Giesbrecht, 1891
  61. Species Oncaea venusta Philippi, 1843 represented as Oncaea venusta venusta Philippi, 1843
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Philippi, A. (1843). Fernere Beobachtungen uber die Copepoden des Mittelmeeres. [Further observations on the copepods of the Mediterranean.]. <em>Archiv fur Naturgeschichte.</em> 9(1):54-71, pls. 3-4. [details] OpenAccess publication
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Oncaea Philippi, 1843. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=128690 on 2026-09-10
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Oncaea Philippi, 1843. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=128690 on 2026-09-10
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Boxshall, Geoff
2015-09-03 06:24:32Z
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Walter, T. Chad
2020-09-25 19:29:18Z
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Walter, T. Chad

original description Philippi, A. (1843). Fernere Beobachtungen uber die Copepoden des Mittelmeeres. [Further observations on the copepods of the Mediterranean.]. <em>Archiv fur Naturgeschichte.</em> 9(1):54-71, pls. 3-4. [details] OpenAccess publication

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] 

additional source Böttger-Schnack, R. & D. Schnack. (2019). OncIdent- an interactive identification key for Oncaeidae Giesbrecht, 1893 ["1892"] (Copepoda: Cyclopoida). <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 49(2):1043-1046., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-018-0863-z [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Boxshall, G.A. (1977). The planktonic copepods of the northeastern Atlantic Ocean: Some taxonomic observations on the Oncaeidae (Cyclopoida). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology 31(3):103-155, figs. 1-25, tabs. 1-2. (28-iv-1977) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Ferrari, F.D. (1975). Taxonomic notes on the genus Oncaea (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) from the Gulf of Mexico and northern Caribbean Sea. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 88(21):217-232, figs. 1-7. (15-viii-1975). [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Heron, G.A. & B.W. Frost. (2000). Copepods of the family Oncaeidae (Crustacea: Poecilostomatoida) in the northeast Pacific Ocean and inland coastal waters of Washington State. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 113(4):1015-1063. (29.xii.2000) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Heron, G.A. & J.M. Bradford-Grieve. (1995). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Pelagic Copepoda: Poecilostomatoida: Oncaeidae. <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir, Wellington.</em> 104:1-57, 30 figs., 4 tables. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Heron, G.A. (1977). Twenty-six species of Oncaeidae (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) from the southwest Pacific-Antarctic area. In: Pawson, D.L. (ed.). Biology of the Antarctic Seas, 6. Antarctic Research Series, Washington 26:37-96, figs. 1-34, tabs. 1-5. (22-viii-1977) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Heron, G.A., T.S. English & D.M. Damkaer. (1984). Arctic Ocean Copepoda of the genera Lubbockia, Oncaea, and Epicalymma (Poecilostomatoida: Oncaeidae), with remarks on distribution. Journal of Crustacean Biology 4(3):448-490, figs. 1-20, tabs. 1-3. (13-vi-1984), available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1548043 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32. [details] 

additional source Kosikhina, O.V. (1980). Pitanie morskikh veslonogikh rachkov roda Oncaea (Cyclopoida). [Nutrition of marine Copepoda of the Oncaea genus (Cyclopoida).]. <em>Ekologiya Morya.</em> 1980(4):47-49, fig., tabs. 1-2. (14-xi-1980, Russian with English summary). [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Malt, S.J. (1983). Crustacea, order: Copepoda, suborder: Cyclopoida, family: Oncaeidae, genus: Oncaea. Fiches d'Identification du Zooplancton, Conseil International pour l'Exploration de la Mer 169-170-171:1-11. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Pasternak, A.F. (1984). Pitaniye veslonogikh rachkov roda Oncaea (Cyclopoida) v yugo-vostochnoy chasti Tikhogo okeana. [Feeding of copepods of genus Oncaea (Cyclopoida) in the southeastern Pacific Ocean.]. <em>Okeanologiya.</em> 24(5):808-812. (Russian with English summary). [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Razouls, C. (1975). Les Oncaeidae (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) de la région de Banyuls (golfe du Lion). [The Oncaeidae (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) of the Banyuls region (Gulf of Lion).]. <em>Vie et Milieu.</em> (A)24(2):235-264, figs. 1-16, tabs. 1-2. (iv-1975) (for 1974). [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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Japanese オンケア属  [details]
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Oncaea Document hosted within Deep-Sea 
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Oncaea Document hosted within Deep-Sea 
Interactive (multi-access) identification key for female Oncaeidae of the World Ocean 
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS)  Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list 
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oncaea) 
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