WoRMS taxon details
Oithona setigera setigera Dana, 1853-1855
734517 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:734517)
accepted
Subspecies
Oithona challengeri Brady, 1883 · unaccepted (listed as synonym by Nishida, 1985)
Oithona pelagica Farran, 1908 · unaccepted (listed as synonym by Nishida, 1985)
Oithona setigera Dana, 1853-1855 · alternative representation
Oithona spinirostris Claus, 1863 · unaccepted (listed as synonym by Nishida, 1985)
Oithona tropica Wolfenden, 1906 · unaccepted (listed as synonym by Nishida, 1985)
Scribella setiger Dana, 1849-1852 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Oithona setigera setigera Dana, 1853-1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=734517 on 2025-07-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Oithona setigera Dana, 1853-1855) Dana, J.D. (1853-1855). Crustacea. Part II. <em>In: United States Exploring Expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the command of Charles Wilkes. U. S. N., C. Sherman Printer, Philadelphia.</em> 14: 691-1618. [1855, folio atlas pls. 1-96.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40412910
page(s): 1101 [details]
original description (of Oithona spinirostris 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 challengeri Brady, 1883) Brady, G.S. (1910). Die marinen Copepoden der Deutschen Südpolar Expedition 1901-1903. I. Über die Copepoden der Stämme Harpacticoida, Cyclopoida, Notodelphyoida und Caligoida. [The marine copepods of the German South Polar Expedition 1901-1903. I. On the copepods of the phyla Harpacticoida, Cyclopoida, Notodelphyoida and Caligoida.]. <em>Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903.</em> 11 (= Zool. 3):497-594, pls. 52-63, figs. 1-59. [details]
original description (of Oithona pelagica Farran, 1908) Farran, G.P. (1908). Note on the copepod genus Oithona. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)2:498-503. [details]
original description (of Oithona tropica Wolfenden, 1906) 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]
original description (of Scribella setiger Dana, 1849-1852) Dana, J.D. (1849-1852). Conspectus crustaceorum, quae in orbis terrarum circumnavigatione, Carolo Wilkes, e classe Reipublicae foederatae duce, lexit et descripsit Jacobus D. Dana. Pars II. <em>Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 2: 9-61. [Vol. II,. from May 1848-May 1852]. no figures or plates just verbal., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4481593#page/17/mode/1up [details]
page(s): 1101 [details]
original description (of Oithona spinirostris 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 challengeri Brady, 1883) Brady, G.S. (1910). Die marinen Copepoden der Deutschen Südpolar Expedition 1901-1903. I. Über die Copepoden der Stämme Harpacticoida, Cyclopoida, Notodelphyoida und Caligoida. [The marine copepods of the German South Polar Expedition 1901-1903. I. On the copepods of the phyla Harpacticoida, Cyclopoida, Notodelphyoida and Caligoida.]. <em>Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903.</em> 11 (= Zool. 3):497-594, pls. 52-63, figs. 1-59. [details]
original description (of Oithona pelagica Farran, 1908) Farran, G.P. (1908). Note on the copepod genus Oithona. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)2:498-503. [details]
original description (of Oithona tropica Wolfenden, 1906) 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]
original description (of Scribella setiger Dana, 1849-1852) Dana, J.D. (1849-1852). Conspectus crustaceorum, quae in orbis terrarum circumnavigatione, Carolo Wilkes, e classe Reipublicae foederatae duce, lexit et descripsit Jacobus D. Dana. Pars II. <em>Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 2: 9-61. [Vol. II,. from May 1848-May 1852]. no figures or plates just verbal., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4481593#page/17/mode/1up [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list (from synonym Oithona setigera Dana, 1853-1855)
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Oithona setigera Dana, 1853-1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Oithona setigera Dana, 1853-1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications) (from synonym Oithona spinirostris Claus, 1863)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oithona setigera) (from synonym Oithona setigera Dana, 1853-1855)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Scribella setiger Dana, 1849-1852)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Oithona setigera Dana, 1853-1855)
To PESI (from synonym Oithona spinirostris Claus, 1863)
To PESI (from synonym Oithona setigera Dana, 1853-1855)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Oithona challengeri Brady, 1883)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (6 records) (from synonym Oithona setigera Dana, 1853-1855)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (6 records) (from synonym Oithona spinirostris Claus, 1863)
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Oithona setigera Dana, 1853-1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Oithona setigera Dana, 1853-1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications) (from synonym Oithona spinirostris Claus, 1863)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oithona setigera) (from synonym Oithona setigera Dana, 1853-1855)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Scribella setiger Dana, 1849-1852)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Oithona setigera Dana, 1853-1855)
To PESI (from synonym Oithona spinirostris Claus, 1863)
To PESI (from synonym Oithona setigera Dana, 1853-1855)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Oithona challengeri Brady, 1883)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (6 records) (from synonym Oithona setigera Dana, 1853-1855)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (6 records) (from synonym Oithona spinirostris Claus, 1863)
