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Onychocorycaeus ovalis (Claus, 1863)

128819  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:128819)

accepted
Species
Corycaeus ovalis Claus, 1863 · unaccepted (generic reassignment)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Corycaeus ovalis 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 [details] OpenAccess publication
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Onychocorycaeus ovalis (Claus, 1863). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=128819 on 2026-05-01
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Onychocorycaeus ovalis (Claus, 1863). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=128819 on 2026-05-01
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Boxshall, Geoff
2015-09-19 11:45:54Z
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Walter, T. Chad

original description (of Corycaeus ovalis 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 [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 Paulmier, G. (2009). Les copepodes Cyclopoidea (Genres Oithona, Oncaea, Corycaeus) des eaux neritiques et de la Bretagne et de la Normandie occidentale. [Copepods Cyclopoidea (genus Oithona, Oncaea, Corycaeus) of neritic waters of Brittany and Western Normandy.]. <em>Bulletin de la Societe Linneenne de Bordeaux.</em> 37(2):175-190. (French). [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Vidjak, O. & N. Bojanic. (2009). Species composition and distribution patterns of the family Corycaeidae Dana, 1852 (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) in the middle Adriatic Sea. <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 5(5):427-440., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000802603629 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

source of synonymy Boxshall, G.A. & S.H. Halsey. (2004). An introduction to copepod diversity. <em>Ray Society, London.</em> 166(Part II):422-966. (2 volume set).
page(s): 491 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

ecology source Brun, P., M.R. Payne & T. Kiĝrboe. (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  PDF available
 
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Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS)  Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list (from synonym Corycaeus ovalis Claus, 1863)
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS)  Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list 
To Barcode of Life 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Corycaeus ovalis Claus, 1863)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) 
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Corycaeus ovalis Claus, 1863)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (7 records) (from synonym Corycaeus ovalis Claus, 1863)