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Oncaea obscura Farran, 1908

354030 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:354030)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Arthropoda
  4. Crustacea
  5. Multicrustacea
  6. Copepoda
  7. Neocopepoda
  8. Podoplea
  9. Cyclopoida
  10. Ergasilida
  11. Oncaeidae
  12. Oncaea
  13. Oncaea obscura
uncertain > nomen dubium (female description was based on a juvenile stage)
Species
Oncaea Philippi, 1843
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Farran, G.P. (1908). Second report on the Copepoda of the Irish Atlantic slope. Fisheries, Scientific Investigations, Ireland 1906(2): 1-104, pls. 1-11. [details] OpenAccess publication
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Oncaea obscura Farran, 1908. 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=354030 on 2026-08-12
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Oncaea obscura Farran, 1908. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=354030 on 2026-08-12
Date
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2008-07-15 14:41:49Z
created
Walter, T. Chad
2009-03-31 18:21:23Z
changed
Walter, T. Chad
2010-03-06 11:45:13Z
changed
Böttger-Schnack, Ruth
2023-05-25 14:26:50Z
changed
Böttger-Schnack, Ruth

original description Farran, G.P. (1908). Second report on the Copepoda of the Irish Atlantic slope. Fisheries, Scientific Investigations, Ireland 1906(2): 1-104, pls. 1-11. [details] OpenAccess publication

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

status source Malt, S.J. (1982). Developmental stages of Oncaea media Giesbrecht, 1891 and Oncaea subtilis Giesbrecht, 1892. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology 43(3):129-151, figs. 1-9, tabs. 1-4. (29-ix-1982)
page(s): 140 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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  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 
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