Deep-Sea taxon details
Oncaea tenella Sars G.O., 1916
128953 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:128953)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Sars, G.O. (1916). Liste systématique des Cyclopoidés, Harpacticoidés et Monstrilloidés recueillis pendant les campagnes de S.A.S. le Prince Albert de Monaco, avec descriptions et figures des espèces nouvelles. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographie (Fondation Albert Ier, Prince de Monaco.</em> 323:1-23. [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Oncaea tenella Sars G.O., 1916. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=128953 on 2026-10-15
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Oncaea tenella Sars G.O., 1916. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=128953 on 2026-10-15
original description
Sars, G.O. (1916). Liste systématique des Cyclopoidés, Harpacticoidés et Monstrilloidés recueillis pendant les campagnes de S.A.S. le Prince Albert de Monaco, avec descriptions et figures des espèces nouvelles. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographie (Fondation Albert Ier, Prince de Monaco.</em> 323:1-23. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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, available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.203698 [details] Available for editors
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 Malt, S.J. (1983). Studies on the taxonomy and ecology of the marine copepod genus Oncaea Philippi. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, Queen Mary College, University of London.</em> 500 pp. [details] Available for editors
additional source Malt, S.J., S. Lakkis & R. Ziedane. (1989). The copepod genus Oncaea (Poecilostomatoidea) from the Lebanon: taxonomic and ecological observations. <em>Journal of Plankton Research.</em> 11(5): 949-969., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/11.5.949 [details] Available for editors
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
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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, available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.203698 [details] Available for editors
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 Malt, S.J. (1983). Studies on the taxonomy and ecology of the marine copepod genus Oncaea Philippi. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, Queen Mary College, University of London.</em> 500 pp. [details] Available for editors
additional source Malt, S.J., S. Lakkis & R. Ziedane. (1989). The copepod genus Oncaea (Poecilostomatoidea) from the Lebanon: taxonomic and ecological observations. <em>Journal of Plankton Research.</em> 11(5): 949-969., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/11.5.949 [details] Available for editors
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
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records)
To ITIS
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records)
To ITIS
