WoRMS taxon details
Oncaea compacta Heron, 1977
344717 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:344717)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Heron, G.A. (1977). Twenty-six species of Oncaeidae (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) from the southwest Pacific-Antarctic area. In: Pawson, D.L. (ed.). Biology of the Antarctic Seas, 6. Antarctic Research Series, Washington 26:37-96, figs. 1-34, tabs. 1-5. (22-viii-1977) [details] Available for editors 
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Type locality contained in Southwest Pacific Antarctic
type locality contained in Southwest Pacific Antarctic [details]
Distribution Bipolar species
Distribution Bipolar species [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Oncaea compacta Heron, 1977. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=344717 on 2025-04-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Heron, G.A. (1977). Twenty-six species of Oncaeidae (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) from the southwest Pacific-Antarctic area. In: Pawson, D.L. (ed.). Biology of the Antarctic Seas, 6. Antarctic Research Series, Washington 26:37-96, figs. 1-34, tabs. 1-5. (22-viii-1977) [details] Available for editors [request]
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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 [request]
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context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Heron, G.A., T.S. English & D.M. Damkaer. (1984). Arctic Ocean Copepoda of the genera Lubbockia, Oncaea, and Epicalymma (Poecilostomatoida: Oncaeidae), with remarks on distribution. Journal of Crustacean Biology 4(3):448-490, figs. 1-20, tabs. 1-3. (13-vi-1984) [details] Available for editors [request]
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 [request]
additional source Heron, G.A., T.S. English & D.M. Damkaer. (1984). Arctic Ocean Copepoda of the genera Lubbockia, Oncaea, and Epicalymma (Poecilostomatoida: Oncaeidae), with remarks on distribution. Journal of Crustacean Biology 4(3):448-490, figs. 1-20, tabs. 1-3. (13-vi-1984) [details] Available for editors
[request]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
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Distribution Bipolar species [details]
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 (5 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 127855)
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 (5 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 127855)
To ITIS
