Species Card of Copepod
Cyclopoida ( Order )
    Oithonidae ( Family )
        Oithona ( Genus )
Oithona robusta  Giesbrecht, 1891   (F,M)
Ref.:
Giesbrecht, 1892 (p.538, 549, 774, figs.F); Wolfenden, 1905 (1906) (p.1024, fig.F, Rem.F,M); Rosendorn, 1917 a (p.29, figs.F,M); Pesta, 1920 (p.554); Kiefer, 1929 g (p.7, Rem.F,M); Rose, 1933 a (p.283, figs.F); Farran, 1936 a (p.124); Mori, 1937 (1964) (p.110, figs.F); Sewell, 1948 (p.420, 461); Moore, 1949 (p.64); Krishnaswamy, 1953 (p.63, fig.F); Lindberg, 1955 a (p.466: Rem.); Chiba & al., 1957 (p.310); 1957 a (p.12); Owre & Foyo, 1967 (p.108, fig.F); Corral Estrada, 1970 (p.214, Rem.); Wellershaus, 1970 (p.478, 479); Nishida & al., 1977 (p.144, figs.F); Shuvalov, 1980 (p.126, figs.F,M); Björnberg & al., 1981 (p.665, figs.); Ferrari & Orsi, 1984 (p.119); Nishida, 1985 a (p.79, Redescr.F, figs.F, p.134); 1986 (p.386); Chihara & Murano, 1997 (p.938, Pl.196: F); Bradford-Grieve & al., 1999 (p.886, 966, figs.F); Conway & al., 2003 (p.203, figs.F,M, Rem.); Vives & Shmeleva, 2010 (p.73, figs.F, Rem.)
Species Oithona robusta - Plate 1 of morphological figuresIssued from : S. Nishida in Bull. Ocean Res. Inst., Univ. Tokyo, 1985, No 20. [p.80, Fig.44].
Female: habitus (dorsal); b, forehead (lateral); c, P5 (lateralright side); d, anal segment and caudal rami (dorsal); e, A1; f, A2; g, Md (madibular palp); h, Md (biting edge); i, Mx1.


Species Oithona robusta - Plate 2 of morphological figuresIssued from : S. Nishida in Bull. Ocean Res. Inst., Univ. Tokyo, 1985, No 20. [p.81, Fig.45].
Female: a, Mx2; b, Mxp; c, P1; d, P2; e, P3; f, P4.

Nota after Vives & Shmeleva (2010, p.74): Setal formula on outer margin (in first) and inner margin (in second) of exopod segments (from proximal to distal) of P1 to P4:
P1: 1, 1, 3; 1, 1, 4.
P2: 1, 1, 3; 1, 1, 5
P3: 1, 1, 3; 1, 1, 5.
P4: 1, 1, 2; 1, 1, 5.


Species Oithona robusta - Plate 3 of morphological figuresissued from : I. Rosendorn in Wiss. Ergebn. dt. Tiefsee-Exped. \"Valdiviella\", 1917, 23. [p.30, Fig.16].
Female: a, Md (mandibular palp); b, forehead; c, habitus (dorsal).
Nota: Proportion of lengths (p.cent) Prosome : 54.84, Urosome : 45.16 . Relative lengths of urosomal segments and caudal rami : 9 : 18 : 9 : 7.5 : 10 : 8. Setal formula of the exopod swimming legs P1 to P4 (Se = outer setae ; Si = inner setae), P1 : 1, 1, 3 Se ; 1, 1, 5 Si ; P2 : 1, 1, 3 Se ; 1, 1, 5 Si ; P3 : 1, 1, 3 Se ; 1, 1, 5 Si ; P4 : 1, 1, 2 Se ; 1, 1, 5 Si.


Species Oithona robusta - Plate 4 of morphological figuresissued from : I. Rosendorn in Wiss. Ergebn. dt. Tiefsee-Exped. \"Valdiviella\", 1917, 23. [p.31, Fig.17].
Male: a, habitus (dorsal); b, Md (mandibular palp); c, P1; d, P2; e, P4.
Nota: Proportion of lengths (p.cent) Prosome : 60.48, Urosome : 39.52 . Relative lengths of urosomal segments and caudal rami: 7 : 7 : 7: 6 : 4 : 4.5 : 4.5. Setal formula of the exopod swimming legs P1 to P4 (Se = outer setae ; Si = inner setae), P1 : 1, 1, 3 Se ; 1, 1, 5 Si ; P2 : 1, 1, 3 Se ; 1, 1, 5 Si ; P3 : 1, 1, 3 Se ; 1, 1, 5 Si ; P4 : 1, 1, 2 Se ; 1, 1, 5 Si.


Species Oithona robusta - Plate 5 of morphological figuresissued from : T. Mori in The Pelagic copepoda from the neighbouring waters of Japan, 1937 (1964). [Pl. 61, Figs.1-8].
Female: 1, habitus (dorsal); 2, Mx1; 3, P1; 4, P2; 5, P3; 6, P4; 7, Md; 8, Mxp.


Species Oithona robusta - Plate 6 of morphological figuresissued from : V.S. Shuvalov in Opred. Faune SSSR, Nauka, Leningrad, 1980, 125. [p.127, Fig.30].
Female: 1-2, habitus (dorsal); 3-4, forehead (lateral; 5,same (dorsal); 6, habitus (lateral); 7-8, thoracic segment 5 and genital segment (lateral and dorsal, respectively); 9, anal segment and caudal rami.


Species Oithona robusta - Plate 7 of morphological figuresIssued from : W. Giesbrecht in Systematik und Faunistik der Pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. – Fauna Flora Golf. Neapel, 1892, 19 , Atlas von 54 Tafeln. [Taf. 34, Figs.4, 5, 16, 17].
Female: 4-5, habitus (lateral and dorsal, respectively); 14-17, forehead (lateral and dorsal, respectively).


Species Oithona robusta - Plate 8 of morphological figuresIssued from : W. Giesbrecht in Systematik und Faunistik der Pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. – Fauna Flora Golf. Neapel, 1892, 19 , Atlas von 54 Tafeln. [Taf. 34, Figs.23, 30, 31].
Female: 23, A2; 30, Mx1; 31, Md.
B2 = basis; Ri = endopodite; Re = exopodite; Si = inner seta; Li = inner lone; Le = outer lobe.


Species Oithona robusta - Plate 9 of morphological figuresIssued from : W. Giesbrecht in Systematik und Faunistik der Pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. – Fauna Flora Golf. Neapel, 1892, 19 , Atlas von 54 Tafeln. [Taf. 34, Fig.43].
Female: 43, exopodite of P4.
St = terminal seta; Se = outer setae.

Compl. Ref.:
Carazzi & Grandori, 1912 (p.14, 38); Wilson, 1942 a (p.196); C.B. Wilson, 1950 (p.270); Yamazi, 1958 (p.153, Rem.); Ganapati & Shanthakumari, 1962 (p.10, 16); Mazza, 1966 (p.73); Delalo, 1968 (p.138); Deevey, 1971 (p.224); Binet & al., 1972 (p.69); Corral Estrada & Pereiro Muñoz, 1974 (tab.I); Boxshall, 1977 b (p.552); Dessier, 1979 (p.207); Vives, 1982 (p.295); Kovalev & Shmeleva, 1982 (p.85); Guangshan & Honglin, 1984 (p.118, tab.); Lozano Soldevilla & al., 1988 (p.61); Cervantes-Duarte & Hernandez-Trujillo, 1989 (tab.3); Yoo, 1991 (tab.1); Kim & al., 1993 (p.271); Shih & Young, 1995 (p.75); Hure & Krsinic, 1998 (p.103); Alvarez-Cadena & al., 1998 (t.3,4); Suarez-Morales & Gasca, 1998 a (p.112); Hernandez-Trujillo, 1999 (p.284, tab.1); Lavaniegos & Gonzalez-Navarro, 1999 (p.239, Appx.1); Fernandez-Alamo & al., 2000 (p.1139, Appendix); Suarez-Morales & al., 2000 (p.751, tab.1) ; Prusova & Smith, 2005 (p.76); Dias & Araujo, 2006 (p.71, Rem., chart); McKinnon & al., 2008 (p.843: Tab.I, p.848: Tab. IV); Neumann-Leitao & al., 2008 (p.799: Tab.II, fig.6); C.-Y. Lee & al., 2009 (p.151, Tab.2); Williamson & McGowan, 2010 (p.273, Table 3, Pacific central gyres: N and S); Hernandez-Trujillo & al., 2010 (p.913, Table 2); Dias & al., 2010 (p.230, Table 1); Medellin-Mora & Navas S., 2010 (p.265, Tab. 2); Hsiao S.H. & al., 2011 (p.475, Appendix I); Magris & al., 2011 (p.260, abundance, interannual variability)
NZ: 13

Distribution map of Oithona robusta by geographical zones
Species Oithona robusta - Distribution map 3Issued from : S. Nishida in Bull. Ocean Res. Inst., Univ. Tokyo, 1985, No 20. [p.134, Fig.84].
Indo-Pacific geographical distribution of Oithona robusta. Dotted line: AC, Arctic Convergence; SC, Subtropical Convergence.
Loc:
Congo, G. de Guinée, Ivorian shelf, Is. du Cap Vert, Canaries, Brazil (S, Vitoria-Cabo de Sao Tomé, Mucuri estuari, off Macaé), off Amazone, Caribbean Colombia (Tayrona), Yucatan, Caraïbes, Floride, off Bermuda, Cap Hatteras, Médit. (baie d'Alger, Marseille, Adriatique, Venise, Médit. E), Mer Rouge, G. d'Aden, Mer Arabe, Madagascar, Indien, Inde (Lawson's Bay, Madras), mers de Chine (Yellow Sea, East China Sea, South China Sea), Taiwan (Kuroshio Current, NW), Corée S, Japon, Tanabe Bay, Bikini, Pacif. W (équatorial), Australie W & E (North West Cape, Grande Barrière), Pacif. tropical, Pacific central gyres: N and S) Californie, Basse Californie (Bahia Magdalena, W), G. de Californie, Mexique W, G. de Tehuantepec, Galapagos, off Pérou
N: 70
Lg.:
(34) F: 1,6-1,56; (46) F: 1,65; (78) F: 1,5; M: 1,2; (91) F: ± 1,6; (180) F: 1,5; 1,4; (449) F: 1,65; M: 1,2; (531) F: 1,5; (627) F: 1,59-1,42; (649) F: 1,55; M: 1,24; (866) M: 1,24; (880) F: 1,55-1,65; M: 1,20-1,24; (991) F: 1,42-1,6; M: 1,24; {F: 1,40-1,65; M: 1,20-1,24}
Rem.: epi-mesopelagic.
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