WoRMS taxon details
Oncaea prolata Heron, 1977
344725 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:344725)
accepted
Species
Oncaea notopus Giesbrecht, 1902 · unaccepted
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 Subantarctic
type locality contained in Southwest Pacific Subantarctic [details]
Taxonomy Oncaea prolata belongs to the notopus-group within the Oncaeidae as defined by Böttger-Schnack & Huys (1998, their species...
Taxonomy Oncaea prolata belongs to the notopus-group within the Oncaeidae as defined by Böttger-Schnack & Huys (1998, their species group 7). Species of this group are characterized by a long, free exopod segment on Leg 5 bearing two terminal setae. For further details see Böttger-Schnack (2011). [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Oncaea prolata Heron, 1977. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=344725 on 2025-06-07
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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]
original description (of Oncaea notopus Giesbrecht, 1902) Giesbrecht, W. (1902). Zoologie Copepoden. <em>In: Résultats du voyage du S.Y. Belgica en 1897-1898-1899. Rapports scientifiques publiés aux frais du Government Belge.</em> :1-49, pls. 1-13. [details]
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Ecology
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 Giesbrecht, W. (1902). Zoologie Copepoden. <em>In: Résultats du voyage du S.Y. Belgica en 1897-1898-1899. Rapports scientifiques publiés aux frais du Government Belge.</em> :1-49, pls. 1-13. [details]
additional source Heron, G.A. & J.M. Bradford-Grieve. (1995). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Pelagic Copepoda: Poecilostomatoida: Oncaeidae. <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir, Wellington.</em> 104:1-57, 30 figs., 4 tables. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Heron, G.A. & B.W. Frost. (2000). Copepods of the family Oncaeidae (Crustacea: Poecilostomatoida) in the northeast Pacific Ocean and inland coastal waters of Washington State. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 113(4):1015-1063. (29.xii.2000) [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 Giesbrecht, W. (1902). Zoologie Copepoden. <em>In: Résultats du voyage du S.Y. Belgica en 1897-1898-1899. Rapports scientifiques publiés aux frais du Government Belge.</em> :1-49, pls. 1-13. [details]
additional source Heron, G.A. & J.M. Bradford-Grieve. (1995). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Pelagic Copepoda: Poecilostomatoida: Oncaeidae. <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir, Wellington.</em> 104:1-57, 30 figs., 4 tables. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Heron, G.A. & B.W. Frost. (2000). Copepods of the family Oncaeidae (Crustacea: Poecilostomatoida) in the northeast Pacific Ocean and inland coastal waters of Washington State. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 113(4):1015-1063. (29.xii.2000) [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
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Synonymy Giesbrecht (1902) erroneously identified an oncaeid copepod of the notopus-type from the Antarctic as "notopus Giesbrecht 1891" (which was the only species of the group described at that time). Later on, Heron (1977) worked on the notopus-type oncaeids in the Antarctic and described several new species within this group. One of these was described as Oncaea prolata, which she synonymized with Giesbrecht´s 1902 species.[details]
Taxonomy Oncaea prolata belongs to the notopus-group within the Oncaeidae as defined by Böttger-Schnack & Huys (1998, their species group 7). Species of this group are characterized by a long, free exopod segment on Leg 5 bearing two terminal setae. For further details see Böttger-Schnack (2011). [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 (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Oncaea notopus Giesbrecht, 1902)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oncaea notopus) (from synonym Oncaea notopus Giesbrecht, 1902)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (3 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 127318)
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 (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Oncaea notopus Giesbrecht, 1902)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oncaea notopus) (from synonym Oncaea notopus Giesbrecht, 1902)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (3 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 127318)
To ITIS
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