WoRMS taxon details
Oithona Baird, 1843
106485 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106485)
accepted
Genus
Oithona plumifera Baird, 1843 (type by original designation)
Oithonella Sars G.O., 1886 · unaccepted (synonym)
Oithonina Sars G.O., 1913 · unaccepted (synonym)
Oithonopsis Brady, 1915 · unaccepted (synonym)
Paroithona Farran, 1908 · unaccepted (synonym)
Scribella Dana, 1846 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Oithona alvarezi Lindberg, 1955
- Species Oithona amazonica Burckhardt, 1913
- Species Oithona aruensis Früchtl, 1923
- Species Oithona atlantica Farran, 1908
- Species Oithona attenuata Farran, 1913
- Species Oithona australis Nishida, 1986
- Species Oithona bjornbergae Ferrari F.D. & Bowman, 1980
- Species Oithona bowmani Rocha C.E.F., 1986
- Species Oithona colcarva Bowman, 1975
- Species Oithona cruralis Nishida, Tanaka & Omori, 1977
- Species Oithona davisae Ferrari F.D. & Orsi, 1984
- Species Oithona decipiens Farran, 1913
- Species Oithona dissimilis Lindberg, 1940
- Species Oithona erythrops Brady, 1915
- Species Oithona fallax Farran, 1913
- Species Oithona farrani (Brady, 1915)
- Species Oithona flemingeri (Ferrari & Bowman, 1980)
- Species Oithona fonsecae Ferrari & Bowman, 1980
- Species Oithona fragilis Nishida, 1979
- Species Oithona frigida Giesbrecht, 1902
- Species Oithona gessneri Kiefer, 1954
- Species Oithona hamata Rosendorn, 1917
- Species Oithona hebes Giesbrecht, 1891
- Species Oithona linearis Giesbrecht, 1891
- Species Oithona longispina Nishida, Tanaka & Omori, 1977
- Species Oithona minuta Scott T., 1894
- Species Oithona nana Giesbrecht, 1893
- Species Oithona nishidai McKinnon, 2000
- Species Oithona oswaldocruzi Oliveira, 1945
- Species Oithona pacifica (Nishida, 1985)
- Species Oithona parvula (Farran, 1908)
- Species Oithona plumifera Baird, 1843
- Species Oithona pseudofrigida Rosendorn, 1917
- Species Oithona pseudovivida Shuvalov, 1980
- Species Oithona pulla (Farran, 1913)
- Species Oithona robertsoni McKinnon, 2000
- Species Oithona robusta Giesbrecht, 1891
- Species Oithona rostralis Nishida, Tanaka & Omori, 1977
- Species Oithona similis Claus, 1866
- Species Oithona splendens Baird, 1843
- Species Oithona tenuis Rosendorn, 1917
- Species Oithona vivida Farran, 1913
- Species Oithona wellershausi Ferrari F.D., 1982
- Species Oithona aculeata Farran, 1913 accepted as Oithona oculata Farran, 1913 accepted as Dioithona oculata (Farran, 1913) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling, Binet Dessier 1968 reported this aculeata, correct is oculata)
- Species Oithona alia (Kiefer, 1935) accepted as Oithona rigida Giesbrecht, 1896 accepted as Dioithona rigida (Giesbrecht, 1896) (synonym according to Nishida, 1985)
- Species Oithona canhanhae Oliveira, 1945 accepted as Oithona hebes Giesbrecht, 1891 (placed in synonymy by da Rocha, 1986)
- Species Oithona challengeri Brady, 1883 accepted as Oithona setigera Dana, 1853-1855 represented as Oithona setigera setigera Dana, 1853-1855 (listed as synonym by Nishida, 1985)
- Species Oithona helgolandica (Claus, 1863) accepted as Oithona similis Claus, 1866
- Species Oithona horai Sewell, 1934 accepted as Dioithona horai (Sewell, 1934)
- Species Oithona neotropica Herbst, 1967 accepted as Oithona oswaldocruzi Oliveira, 1945 (placed in synonymy by da Rocha, 1986)
- Species Oithona oculata Farran, 1913 accepted as Dioithona oculata (Farran, 1913) (synonym )
- Species Oithona oligohalina Fonseca & Björnberg T.K.S., 1976 accepted as Oithona oswaldocruzi Oliveira, 1945 (placed in synonymy by da Rocha, 1986)
- Species Oithona oraemaris Oliveira, 1946 accepted as Oithona hebes Giesbrecht, 1891 (placed in synonymy by da Rocha, 1986)
- Species Oithona ovalis Herbst, 1955 accepted as Oithona hebes Giesbrecht, 1891 (placed in synonymy by da Rocha, 1986)
- Species Oithona ovata Lindberg, 1950 accepted as Oithona attenuata Farran, 1913 (synonymised by Nishida, 1985)
- Species Oithona pelagica Farran, 1908 accepted as Oithona setigera Dana, 1853-1855 represented as Oithona setigera setigera Dana, 1853-1855 (listed as synonym by Nishida, 1985)
- Species Oithona plumifera Dana, 1853-1855 accepted as Oithona plumifera Baird, 1843 (wrong author attribution for species)
- Species Oithona plumosa Lindberg, 1947 accepted as Oithona nana Giesbrecht, 1893 (synonymised by Nishida, 1985)
- Species Oithona pygmaea Boeck, 1865 accepted as Oithona similis Claus, 1866 (listed as probable synonym by Giesbrecht, 1892)
- Species Oithona rigida Giesbrecht, 1896 accepted as Dioithona rigida (Giesbrecht, 1896)
- Species Oithona sapucaiae Oliveira, 1945 accepted as Oithona hebes Giesbrecht, 1891 (placed in synonymy by da Rocha, 1986)
- Species Oithona scriba (Dana, 1849-1852) accepted as Oithona plumifera Baird, 1843 (listed as synonym by Giesbrecht, 1892)
- Species Oithona sinensis Burckhardt, 1913 accepted as Limnoithona sinensis (Burckhardt, 1913)
- Species Oithona spinifrons Boeck, 1865 accepted as Oithona similis Claus, 1866
- Species Oithona spinirostris Claus, 1863 accepted as Oithona setigera Dana, 1853-1855 represented as Oithona setigera setigera Dana, 1853-1855 (listed as synonym by Nishida, 1985)
- Species Oithona spinulosa Lindberg, 1950 accepted as Oithona brevicornis Giesbrecht, 1891 represented as Oithona brevicornis brevicornis Giesbrecht, 1891 (synonym according to Nishida & Ferrari, 1983)
- Species Oithona tropica Wolfenden, 1906 accepted as Oithona setigera Dana, 1853-1855 represented as Oithona setigera setigera Dana, 1853-1855 (listed as synonym by Nishida, 1985)
- Species Oithona brevicornis Giesbrecht, 1891 represented as Oithona brevicornis brevicornis Giesbrecht, 1891
- Species Oithona setigera Dana, 1853-1855 represented as Oithona setigera setigera Dana, 1853-1855
- Species Oithona simplex Farran, 1913 represented as Oithona simplex simplex Farran, 1913
- Species Oithona abbreviata (Dana, 1849-1852) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, listed as "Unbestimmbare Species" by Giesbrecht, 1892)
- Species Oithona minuta Krichagin, 1877 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Baird, W. (1843). Notes on British Entomostraca. The Zoologist (Newman) 1:193-197. [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Oithona Baird, 1843. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106485 on 2025-07-18
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Nomenclature
original description
Baird, W. (1843). Notes on British Entomostraca. The Zoologist (Newman) 1:193-197. [details]
original description (of Paroithona Farran, 1908) 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]
original description (of Oithonella Sars G.O., 1886) Sars, G. O. (1886). Crustacea. II. <em>Den Norske Nordhavs-Expedition, 1876-1878. The Norwegian North Atlantic Expedition 1876-1878. Zoology 6.</em> 15: 1-96, figs., map 1. Grøndahl & Søn: Christiania. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Oithonina Sars G.O., 1913) Sars, G.O. (1913). Copepoda Cyclopoida. Parts I & II. Oithonidae, Cyclopinidae, Cyclopidae (part). <em>An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum, Bergen.</em> 6:1-32, pls. 1-16. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Oithonopsis Brady, 1915) Brady, G.S. (1915). Notes on the pelagic Entomostraca of Durban Bay. <em>Annals of the Durban Museum.</em> 1:134-146, pls. 9-14. (15-v-1915). [details]
original description (of Scribella Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846). Notice of some genera of Cyclopacea. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts, 2nd Series.</em> 1(2): 225-230 [1 March 1846] [subsequently published in The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 18(118): 181-185; 1 Sept 1846]. [details]
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]
original description (of Paroithona Farran, 1908) 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]
original description (of Oithonella Sars G.O., 1886) Sars, G. O. (1886). Crustacea. II. <em>Den Norske Nordhavs-Expedition, 1876-1878. The Norwegian North Atlantic Expedition 1876-1878. Zoology 6.</em> 15: 1-96, figs., map 1. Grøndahl & Søn: Christiania. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Oithonina Sars G.O., 1913) Sars, G.O. (1913). Copepoda Cyclopoida. Parts I & II. Oithonidae, Cyclopinidae, Cyclopidae (part). <em>An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum, Bergen.</em> 6:1-32, pls. 1-16. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Oithonopsis Brady, 1915) Brady, G.S. (1915). Notes on the pelagic Entomostraca of Durban Bay. <em>Annals of the Durban Museum.</em> 1:134-146, pls. 9-14. (15-v-1915). [details]
original description (of Scribella Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846). Notice of some genera of Cyclopacea. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts, 2nd Series.</em> 1(2): 225-230 [1 March 1846] [subsequently published in The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 18(118): 181-185; 1 Sept 1846]. [details]
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]
Other
additional source
Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France.</em> 463 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Kiefer, F. (1929). Crustacea Copepoda. 2. Cyclopoida Gnathostoma. <em>Das Tierreich, Berlin und Leipzig.</em> 53:1-102. [German].
page(s): 3-5 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Nishida, S. (1985). Taxonomy and distribution of the family Oithonidae (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Bulletin of the Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo 20:1-167, figs. 1-101, tabs. 1-8, Appendix with Tabs. 1-2. (Vii-1985). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Nishida, S. & R. Marumo. (1982). Vertical distribution of cyclopoid copepods of the family Oithonidae in the western Pacific and eastern Indian Oceans. Bulletin of the Plankton Society of Japan 29(2):99-118, figs. 1-10, tab. 1. (xii-1982) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Shuvalov, V.S. (1980). Veslonogiye rachki — tsiklopoidy semeystva Oithonidae Mirovogo okeana. [Copepoda crustaceans - Cyclopoida of the family Oithonidae of the world oceans.]. <em>V serii: "Opredeliteli po faune SSSR", izdavayemoy Zoologicheskim institutom AN SSSR. Leningrad, "Nauka".</em> 125:1-197, figs. 1-64. (24-v-1980, Russian.). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kiefer, F. (1929). Crustacea Copepoda. 2. Cyclopoida Gnathostoma. <em>Das Tierreich, Berlin und Leipzig.</em> 53:1-102. [German].
page(s): 3-5 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Nishida, S. (1985). Taxonomy and distribution of the family Oithonidae (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Bulletin of the Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo 20:1-167, figs. 1-101, tabs. 1-8, Appendix with Tabs. 1-2. (Vii-1985). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Nishida, S. & R. Marumo. (1982). Vertical distribution of cyclopoid copepods of the family Oithonidae in the western Pacific and eastern Indian Oceans. Bulletin of the Plankton Society of Japan 29(2):99-118, figs. 1-10, tab. 1. (xii-1982) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Shuvalov, V.S. (1980). Veslonogiye rachki — tsiklopoidy semeystva Oithonidae Mirovogo okeana. [Copepoda crustaceans - Cyclopoida of the family Oithonidae of the world oceans.]. <em>V serii: "Opredeliteli po faune SSSR", izdavayemoy Zoologicheskim institutom AN SSSR. Leningrad, "Nauka".</em> 125:1-197, figs. 1-64. (24-v-1980, Russian.). [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | パロイトナ属 [from synonym]オイトナ属 | [details] |
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Oithona 
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Oithonella (from synonym Oithonella Sars G.O., 1886)
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Oithonina (from synonym Oithonina Sars G.O., 1913)
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Oithonopsis (from synonym Oithonopsis Brady, 1915)
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Paroithona (from synonym Paroithona Farran, 1908)
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Scribella (from synonym Scribella Dana, 1846)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Paroithona Farran, 1908)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oithona)
To ITIS
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Oithonella
(from synonym Oithonella Sars G.O., 1886)3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Oithonina
(from synonym Oithonina Sars G.O., 1913)3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Oithonopsis
(from synonym Oithonopsis Brady, 1915)3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Paroithona
(from synonym Paroithona Farran, 1908)3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Scribella
(from synonym Scribella Dana, 1846)To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Paroithona Farran, 1908)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oithona)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
