Species Card of Copepod
Cyclopoida ( Order )
    Oithonidae ( Family )
        Oithona ( Genus )
Oithona similis  Claus, 1866   (F,M)
Syn.: no Oithona helgolandica Claus, 1863 (p.105, fig.M);
O. spinifrons Boeck, 1864; Brady, 1878 (p.90); Thompson & Scott, 1903 (p.255);
Oithona helgolandica : Sars, 1900 (p.119); 1913 (1918) (p.8, Rem.: p. 207, figs.F,M); T. Scott, 1914 (p.8, fig.F); Pesta, 1920 (p.551); Campbell, 1929 (p.322, Rem.); Rose, 1929 (p.56); 1933 a (p.281, figs.F,M); Massuti Alzamora, 1942 (p.102, Rem.); Lysholm & al., 1945 (p.42); Davis, 1949 (p.73, figs.F,M); Crisafi, 1959 b (p.49, figs.F,M, Rem.); Duran, 1963 (p.25); Giron-Reguer, 1963 (p.56); Gaudy, 1963 (p.30, Rem.); Shmeleva, 1963 (p.141); Vilela, 1965 (p.12); Mazza, 1966 (p.73); 1967 (p.363, 377, fig.70, p.401, fig.76); Séguin, 1968 (p.488); Vinogradov, 1968 (1970) (p.268); Ramirez, 1969 (p.87, fig.F, Rem.); Champalbert, 1969 a (p.641); Razouls, 1972 (p.95, Annexe: p.105, figs.F,M); Vives & al., 1975 (p.53, tab.II, III, IV); Falconetti & Seguin, 1977 (p.188); Vaissière & Séguin, 1980 (p.23, tab.2); Vives, 1982 (p.295); Patriti & al., 1984 (tab.1); Scotto di Carlo & al., 1984 (p.1041); Regner, 1985 (p.40); Jansa, 1985 (p.108, Tabl.I, II, III, IV, V); Lozano Soldevilla & al., 1988 (p.61); Pancucci-Papadopoulou & al., 1990 (p.199); Valdes & al., 1990 (tab.2); Huys & Boxshall, 1991 (p.358, 360, 442, 465); Villate, 1991 a (fig.4); Santos & Ramirez, 1991 (p. 82, 83); Seguin & al., 1993 (p.23); Seridji & Hafferssas, 2000 (tab.1); Holmes & Gotto, 2000 (p.3, Rem.); d'Elbée, 2001 (tabl.1); Gaudy & al., 2003 (p.357, tab.1); Vukanic, 2003 (p.139, tab.1); Daly Yahia & al., 2004 (p.366, fig.1, tab.1); Marrari & al., 2004 (p.667, tab.1); Vukanic & Vukanic, 2004 (p.361, tab. 1, fig.1); Uriarte & Villate, 2005 (p.863, tab.I); Marques & al., 2006 (p.297, tab.III); Cabal & al., 2008 (289, Table 1); Licandro & Icardi, 2009 (p.17, Table 4); Hafferssas & Seridji, 2010 (p.353, Table 2)
Ref.:
Claus, 1866 (p.14); Giesbrecht, 1892 (p.537, 548, figs.F,M); Wheeler, 1901 (p.186, figs.F,M, Rem.); Thompson & Scott, 1903 (p.236, 255); Farran, 1908 b (p.88); Wolfenden, 1911 (p.363); Lysholm, 1913 (p.7); Rosendorn, 1917 a (p.24, figs.F,M); Sars, 1918 (p.207, figs.F,M, Rem.); Willey, 1920 a (p.22); Lysholm & Nordgaard, 1921 (p.28); Mori, 1929 (p.199, fig.F); Kiefer, 1929 g (p.7, Rem.F,M); Farran, 1929 (p.210, 283); Rose, 1929 (p.55); Wilson, 1932 a (p.314, figs.F,M); Jespersen, 1934 (p.125, fig.33); Hardy & Gunther, 1935 (p.189); Farran, 1936 a (p.124); Mori, 1937 (1964) (p.112, figs.F,M); Dakin & Colefax, 1940 (p.116, fig.F); Jespersen, 1940 (p.90); Vervoort, 1951 (p.148, Rem.); Lindberg, 1955 a (p.464: Rem.); Shen & Bai, 1956 (p.226, figs.F,M); Vervoort, 1957 (p.146, Rem.); Crisafi, 1959 b (p.53 & suiv., Rem.); Tanaka, 1960 (p.62, figs.F,M); Kasturirangan, 1963 (p.75, 76, figs.F,M); Tanaka, 1964 (p.13); Marques, 1966 (p.11); Faber, 1966 (p.191, figs.N); Pallares, 1968 b (p.31, figs.F,M); Wellershaus, 1970 (p.483, 484); Minoda, 1971 (p.44); Shih & al., 1971 (p.55, 155, 214); Bossanyi & Bull, 1971 (p.15, Rem.); Bradford, 1971 b (p.28); 1972 (p.48, figs.F,M); Björnberg, 1972 (p.87); Shuvalov, 1972 (1975) (p.172, figs., Rem.); Chen & al., 1974 (p.30, figs.F,M, p.74: Rem., Tab.1); Sullivan & al., 1975 (p.176, figs.Md); Nishida & al., 1977 (p.149, figs.F,M, Rem.); Shih & Laubitz, 1978 (p.50, 51); Séret, 1979 (p.160, figs.F); Dawson & Knatz, 1980 (p.9, figs.F,M); Shuvalov, 1980 (p.115, figs.N,F,M, Rem.M); Björnberg & al., 1981 (p.663, figs.F); Schnack, 1982 (p.89, figs.: Mx2, Md, Mxp); Gardner & Szabo, 1982 (p.108, figs.F,M); Nishida, 1985 a (p.88, figs.F, Rem.F, p.129); Sazhina, 1985 (p.91, figs. Nauplius); Zheng Zhong & al.,1984 (1989) (p.261, figs.F,M); Nishida, 1986 (p.386); Kim & al., 1993 (p.271); Mazzocchi & al., 1995 (p.219, figs.F, Rem.); Menshenina & Melnikov, 1995 (p.128); Chihara & Murano, 1997 (p.939, Pl.194, 200: F,M); Schnack-Schiel & al., 1998 (p.173); Bradford-Grieve & al., 1999 (p.886, 966, figs.F); Conway & al., 2003 (p.204, figs.F,M, Rem.); Conway, 2006 (p.22, copepodides 1-6, Rem.)
Species Oithona similis - Plate 1 of morphological figuresFemale: 1, 1', habitus (dorsal view); 2, 2' P1; 3, Head, (lateral); issued from : Tanaka, 1960. 4, Furca; issued from : Nishida, 1985.
Male: 5, habitus (lateral); issued from : Tanaka, 1960. 6, Urosome (dorsal); issued from Nishida, Tanaka & Omori in Bull. Plankton Soc. Jap., 1977, 24 (2): 119-158.


Species Oithona similis - Plate 2 of morphological figuresissued from : M.G. Mazzocchi, G. Zagami, A. Ianora, L. Guglielmo, N. Crescenti & J. Hure in Atlas of Marine Zooplankton Straits of Magellan. Copepods; L. Guglielmo & A. Ianora (Eds.), 1995. [p.220, Fig.3.40.1].
Female: A, habitus (dorsal view); B, idem (lateral view); C, rostrum (lateral view); D, P1; E, P2; F, P3; G, P4.
Nota: Prosome 1.2 times urosome. Proportional lengths of urosomites and furca 15:36:14:12:12:11 = 100


Species Oithona similis - Plate 3 of morphological figuresissued from : G.O. Sars in An Account of the Crustacea of Norway. Vol. VI. Copepoda Cyclopoida. Published by the Bergen Museum, 1913 (1918). [Pl. III]. As Oithona helgolandica.
Female & Male.


Species Oithona similis - Plate 4 of morphological figuresIssued from : S. Nishida in Bull. Ocean Res. Inst., Univ. Tokyo, 1985, No 20. [p.89, Fig.50].
Female: a, habitus (dorsal); b, forehead (lateral); c, anal segment and caudal rami (dorsal); d, A1; e, A2; f, Md (mandibular palp); g, Md (biting edge).
Nota: Proportional lengths of urosome segments and caudal ramus 13:34:15:14:14:11. A1 with posteroventral row of minute teeth on segments 2-22.


Species Oithona similis - Plate 5 of morphological figuresIssued from : S. Nishida in Bull. Ocean Res. Inst., Univ. Tokyo, 1985, No 20. [p.90, Fig.51].
Female: a, thoracic segment 5 and genital segment (dorsal); b, idem (lateral right side); c, Mx1; d, Mx2; e, Mxp; f, P1; g, P2; h, P3; i, P4.


Species Oithona similis - Plate 6 of morphological figuresissued from : Q.-c Chen & S.-z. Zhang & C.-s. Zhu in Studia Marina Sinica, 1974, 9. [Pl.1, Figs.1-7].
Female (from China Seas): 1, habitus (dorsal); 2, forehead (lateral); 3, P2; 4, P3; 5, P4.
Nota: According to Breemen (1908) and Shen & Bai (1956), the exopod 3 of P4 is not provided with a single spine, our specimens are provided with an outer spine on the same segment, agreeing well with Tanaka's (1960) description.

Male: 6, habitus (dorsal); 7, P3.


Species Oithona similis - Plate 7 of morphological figuresissued from : C.-j. Shen & S.-o. Bai in Acta Zool. sin., 1956, 8 (2). [Pl.VII, Figs.55-56].
Female (from Chefoo); 55, habitus (dorsal); 56, P1.

Nota: The armatures of the endopods are similar in both sexes, but those of the exopods are different in some points (See infra Table)


Species Oithona similis - Plate 8 of morphological figuresissued from : C.-j. Shen & S.-o. Bai in Acta Zool. sin., 1956, 8 (2). [p.226].
Table: Armature of P1 to P4.


Species Oithona similis - Plate 9 of morphological figuresissued from : J.M. Bradford in Mem. N. Z. Oceonogr. Inst., 1972, 54. [p.51, Fig.14, (4-6].
Female (from Kaikoura, New Zealand): 4, habitus (dorsal); 6, exopod of P2.

Male: 5, habitus (dorsal).
Scale bars: 0.1 mm (4, 5, 6).

Nota: One of the most common copepods in the Kaikoura plankton.


Species Oithona similis - Plate 10 of morphological figuresissued from : C. Razouls in Th. Doc. Etat Fac. Sc. Paris VI, 1972, Annexe. [Fig.28]. As Oithona helgolandica sensu Sars, 1913 (1918).
Female (from Banyuls, G. of Lion):


Species Oithona similis - Plate 11 of morphological figuresissued from : C. Razouls in Th. Doc. Etat Fac. Sc. Paris VI, 1972, Annexe. [Fig.62].
Male: A-B, A1; C, P4; D, P3; E, urosome; F, P1; G, P2.


Species Oithona similis - Plate 12 of morphological figuresissued from : I. Rosendorn in Wiss. Ergebn. dt. Tiefsee-Exped. \"Valdiviella\", 1917, 23. [p.25, Fig.13].
Female: a, Md (mandibular palp).
Nota: Proportion of lengths (p.cent) Prosome : 56.41, Urosome : 43.59 . Relative lengths of urosomal segments and caudal rami: 5: 12: 5: 4: 5: 3.5. Setal formula of the exopod swimming legs P1 to P4 (Se = outer setae ; Si = inner setae), P1 : 1, 1, 2 Se ; 0, 1, 5 Si ; P2 : 1, 0, 1 Se ; 0, 1, 5 Si ; P3 : 1, 0, 1 Se ; 0, 1, 5 Si ; P4 : 0, 0, 1 Se ; 0, 1, 5 Si .

Male: b, forehead (lateral); c, Md (mandibular palp); d, P2; e, P3.
Nota: Proportion of total lengths (p.cent) Prosome : 64.18, Urosome : 35.82 . Relative lengths of urosomal segments and caudal rami: 7 : 17 : 9 : 8.5 : 6.5 : 7: 7. Setal formula of the exopod swimming legs P1 to P4 (Se = outer setae ; Si = inner setae), P1 : 1, 1, 2 Se ; 0, 1, 5 Si ; P2 : 1, 1, 2 Se ; 0, 1, 5 Si ; P3 : 1, 1, 2 Se ; 0, 1, 5 Si ; P4 : 1, 1, 2 Se ; 0, 1, 5 Si .


Species Oithona similis - Plate 13 of morphological figuresissued from : T. Mori in Zool. Mag. Tokyo, 1929, 41 (486-487). [Pl. VII, Fig.19].
Female (from Chosen Strait, Korea-Japan): 19, habitus (dorsal).

Compl. Ref.:
Mrazek, 1902 (p.517, 524); Cleve, 1904 a (p.193); Damas & Koefoed, 1907 (p.395, tab.II); Rose, 1925 (p.152); Wilson, 1932 (p.49); Bogorov, 1939 b (p.706); C.B. Wilson, 1942 a (p.196); Sewell, 1948 (p.345, 461, 487, 515); C.B. Wilson, 1950 (p.271); Deevey, 1960 (tab.II); H. Schulz, 1961 (p.57); Fagetti, 1962 (p.39); Marshall & Orr, 1962 (tab.1, 3); Grice, 1962 a (p.101); Unterüberbacher, 1964 (p.32); De Decker & Mombeck, 1964 (p.13); Faber, 1966 a (p.419, 421); Pavlova, 1966 (p.44); Harding, 1966 (p.17, 71); Mazza, 1967 (p.356: Rem.); Pertsova, 1967 (p.240); Dimov, 1968 (p.506); Vinogradov, 1968 (1970) (p.49, 50, 53, 63, 64, 243); Salah, 1971 (p.320); Paulmier, 1971 (p.168); Björnberg, 1973 (p.357, 359: Rem., 388); Peterson & Miller, 1975 (p.650); Porumb, 1976 (p.91); Grindley, 1977 (p.346); Fukuchi & Tanimura, 1981 (p.37); Hoshiai & Tanimura, 1981 (p.44); Mackas & Sefton, 1982 (p.1173, Table 1); ; Kovalev & Shmeleva, 1982 (p.85); Drits & Semenova, 1984 (p.755); Fransz & al., 1984 (p.86); Kimmerer & McKinnon, 1985 (p.150); Musayeva, 1985 (tab.1); Foster & Battaerd, 1985 (p.213); Sameoto & al., 1986 (p.53); Groendahl & Hernroth, 1986 (tab.1); Kawaguchi & al., 1986 (tab.2); Zmijewska, 1987 (tab.2a); Mackas & Anderson, 1986 (p.115, Table 2); Hopkins & Torres, 1988 (tab.1); Kosobokova, 1989 (p.27); Cervantes-Duarte & Hernandez-Trujillo, 1989 (tab.3); Coyle & al., 1990 (p.764); Tucker & Burton, 1990 (tab.1); Ohman, 1990 (p.257, fig.); Dai & al., 1991 (tab.1); Yoo, 1991 (tab.1); Fransz & al., 1991 (p.7 & suiv.); Kimmerer, 1993 (tab.2); Hwang & Choi, 1993 (tab.3); Jiyalal Ram & Goswami, 1993 (p.129, tab.IV); Freire & al., 1993 (tab.3); Richter, 1994 (tab.4.1a); Vinogradov & al., 1994 (tab.1); Gonzalez & al., 1994 (p.331); Godhantaraman, 1994 (tab.6); Myung & al., 1994 (tab.1); Ragosta & al., 1995 (Appendix A); Petryashov & al., 1995 (tab.1); Oliveira Dias, 1995 (p.147); Shih & Young, 1995 (p.75); Metz, 1995 (p.190); 1996 (p.22, 87); Knox & al., 1996 (tab.1); Kotani & al., 1996 (tab.2); Park & Choi, 1997 (Appendix); Atkinson, 1998 (p.293); Hure & Krsinic, 1998 (p.80, 103); Elwers & Dahms, 1998 (p151); Kosobokova & al., 1998 (tab.2); Suarez-Morales & Gasca, 1998 a (p.112); Siokou-Frangou, 1999 (p.478); Dolganova & al., 1999 (p.13, tab.1); Goldblatt & al., 1999 (p.2619, Fig.5); Halvorsen & Tande, 1999 (p.279, figs.3, 6); Logerwell & Ohman, 1999 (p.428, tab.1); Voronina & Kolosova, 1999 (p.72); Bragina, 1999 (p.196); Razouls & al., 2000 (p.343, tab. 5, Appendix); Ueda & al., 2000 (tab.1); Escribano & Hidalgo, 2000 (p.283, tab.2); Kosobokova & Hirche, 2000 (p.2029, tab.2); Selifonova, 2000 (p.68, tab.1); Musaeva & Suntsov, 2001 (p.511); Van Hove & al., 2001 (p.303); Fransz & Gonzalez, 2001 (p.255, tab.1); Chiba & al., 2001 (p.95, tab.4, 7); Hidalgo & Escribano, 2001 (p.159, tab.2); Hidalgo & Escribano, 2001 (p.157, fig.4); Li & al., 2001 (p.894, tab.1); Lischka & al., 2001 (p.186); Hunt & al., 2001 (p.374, tab.1); Nielsen & al., 2002 (p.306, fig.1); Bressan & Moro, 2002 (tab.2); Beaumont & al., 2001 (p.55); 2002 (p.133, tab.1); Viñas & al., 2002 (p.1031); Auel & Hagen, 2002 (p.1013, tab.2, 3); Nielsen & al., 2002 (p.301); Sameoto & al., 2002 (p.13); Ward & al., 2003 (p.121, tab.4); Kosobokova & al., 2003 (p.697, tab.2); Ashjian & al., 2003 (p.1235, figs.); Kovalev, 2003 (p.47); Zagorodnyaya & al., 2003 (p.52); Hsieh & al., 2004 (p.398, tab.1, p.399, tab.2); Rezai & al., 2004 (p.490, tab.2, Rem., p.495, tab.8); Chang & Fang, 2004 (p.456, tab.1); Shushkina & al., 2004 (p.524, tab.2); Zuenko & Nadtochii, 2004 (p.526, tab.1, fig.8); Gislason & Astthorsson, 2004 (p.472, tab.1); Vargas & Gonzalez, 2004 (p.151); Lo & al., 2004 (p.89, tab.1); Mackas & al., 2004 (p.875, Table 2); Dmoch & Walczowski, 2005 (p.102 + poster); Dias & Bonecker, 2005 (p.100 + poster); Fuentes & Schanck-Schiel, 2005 (p.253); Mazzocchi & al., 2005 (p.155); Manning & Bucklin, 2005 (p.233, Table 1), fig.5); Bielecka & Zmijewska, 2005 (p.96); Choi & al., 2005 (p.710: Tab.III); Zamon & Welch, 2005 (p.133, fig.5); Calbet & al., 2005 (p.1195, tab.3); Berasategui & al., 2005 (p.485, tab.1); Coyle, 2005 (p.77, tab.2,5); Hopcroft & al., 2005 (p.198, table 2); Mackas & al., 2005 (p.1011, tab.2, 3); Berasategui & al., 2006 (p.485: fig.2); Zuo & al., 2006 (p.164: tab.1); Blachowiak-Samolyk & al., 2006 (p.101, tab.1); Isari & al., 2006 (p.241, tab.II); Hunt & Hosie, 2006 (p.1203, tab.2,fig.8); Hwang & al., 2006 (p.943, tabl. I) ; Dias & Araujo, 2006 (p.73, Rem., chart); Zervoudaki & al., 2006 (p.149, Table I); Tsujimoto & al., 2006 (p.140, Table1); Escribano, 2006 (p.20, Table 1); Hooff & Peterson, 2006 (p.2610); Papastephanou & al., 2006 (p.3078, Table 3); Albaina & Irigoien, 2007 (p.435: Tab.1); Castellani & al., 2007 (p.1051); Fielding & al., 2007 (p.2106, tab.1); Walkusz & al., 2007 (p.43); Guglielmo & al., 2007 (p.747, Table 4, 5); Busatto, 2007 (p.26, Tab.2); Valdés & al., 2007 (p.104: tab.1); Biancalana & al., 2007 (p.83, Tab.2, 3); McKinnon & al., 2008 (p.843: Tab.1, p.848: Tab. IV); Isinibilir & al., 2008 (p.745: Tab.1, as similes); Lane & al., 2008 (p.97, fig.11, Tab.6); Ward & al., 2008 (p.241, Appendix II ); Humphrey, 2008 (p.84: Appendix A); Morales-Ramirez & Suarez-Morales, 2008 (p.522); Fernandes, 2008 (p.465, Tabl.2); Schnack-Schiel & al., 2008 (p.1056, Table 1, 4); Pagano, 2009 (p.116); Galbraith, 2009 (pers. comm.); Skovgaard & Salomonsen, 2009 (p.425, Table 2); Telesh & al., 2009 (p.18: Table 2.1); C.E. Morales & al., 2010 (p.158, Table 1); Hwang & al., 2010 (p.220, Table 2, fig.3, 4); Lidvanov & al., 2010 (p.356, Table 3); Takahashi & al., 2010 (p.1, Table 3, 4, figs.4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
NZ: 25

Distribution map of Oithona similis by geographical zones
Species Oithona similis - Distribution map 4Issued from : S. Nishida in Bull. Ocean Res. Inst., Univ. Tokyo, 1985, No 20. [p.129, Fig.78].
Indo-Pacific geographical distribution of Oithona similis. Dotted line: AC, Arctic Convergence; SC, Subtropical Convergence.
Species Oithona similis - Distribution map 5issued from : I. Rosendorn in Wiss. Ergebn. dt. Tiefsee-Exped. \"Valdiviella\", 1917, 23. [Taf. I].
The genus Oithona: Distribution of species sampled during the Deutsche Tiefsee Expedition 1898-99.
The size of symbols indicates the relative quantitty of the species.
Loc:
Antarct. (King George Is., Péninsule, Mer de Weddell, Atlant. SW, Syowa station, Indien, Ellis fjord, Pacif. SW, S, SE, Mer de Ross, McMurdo Sound), sub-Antarct. (Géorgie du Sud N, Atlant. SW, SE, off Prince Edward W, Crozet Is., Indien, Pacif. SW, S, SE), Afr. S (E), Saldanha, off Tristan da Cunha E, Namibie, Congo, off Ste Hélène S, off I. Trinidade, off I. Ascension, Is. du Cap Vert, off Maroc-Mauritanie, Canaries, off Madère, Patagonie, off Rio de la Plata, Brésil (Rio de Janeiro, Camamu), I. Barbade, G. du Mexique, Cuba, Bermudes, Baie Delaware, Chesapeake Bay, Woods Hole, Baie de Fundy, G. du St. Laurent, off Nova Scotia E, Labrador, Groenland W, Baffin (Lancaster Sound), Smith Sound, Mer du Groenland, Spitsbergen Is., Islande, Féroé, Irlande, Mer de Norvège, Nordvestbanken, Mer Blanche, Mer de Barents, Pechora Sea, Arct. (Bassin polaire), Ellesmere Is., Canadian abyssal plain, Nansen Basin, off Alaska N, Chukchi Sea, Mer de Kara, Mer de Barents, Lomonosov Ridge, Chupa Inlet, Mer de Laptev, Mer du Nord, Elbe (estuaire), baie de Kiel, baie de Lübeck, Baltique, Manche, Belon estuary, off G. de Gascogne, G. de Gascogne S, Portugal, Galice (côte), Baie Ibéro-marocaine, Médit. (Mer d'Alboran, Alger, Baleares, Médit. W, Ligurian Sea, Tyrrhénienne, Tunisie NW, Adriatique, delta du Po, Ionienne, Mer Egée, Marmara Sea, Mer Noire, bassin Levantin, Alexandrie), Canal de Suez, G. de Suez, Mer Rouge, Madagascar, Indien, Inde S, Bay of Bengal, Straits of Malacca, Indonésie-Malaisie, Philippines, mers de Chine, Xiamen Harbour, Taiwan (W, Kaohsiung Harbor, N: Mienhua Canyon), Mer Jaune, Corée S, Mer du Japon, Japon, Pacif. NW & NE, Mer de Béring, Aléoutiennes, Mer de Beaufort, Arch. de la Nouvelle-Sibérie, Alaska (Auke Bay), Station "P", Colombie Britannique, Portland Inlet, Vancouver Is., Dabob Bay, Friday Harbor, Oregon (Yaquina, off Newport), Californie, Basse Californie W, Tomales Bay, W Costa Rica, Clipperton Is., Australie W & E (North West Cape, Grande Barrière, Nouvelle-Galles du Sud, Melbourne), Nouvelle-Zélande (Kaikoura, off Farewell Spit plume), Is. Fidji, Equateur, Chili (N-S), Concepcion, Détr. de Magellan, Ushuaia.
N: 342
Lg.:
(25) F: 0,95-0,75; (31) F: 1,2-1,15; (34) F: 0,93-0,9; (35) F: 1,08-0,76; (36) F: 0,92-0,8; (45) F: 0,95-0,7; M: 0,7-0,6; (59) F: 0,96-0,69; M: 0,7-0,5; (66) F: 1,05-0,71; M: 0,82-0,75; (46) F: 0,8-0,73; M: 0,61-0,59; (104) F: 0,82; (109) F: 0,8-0,72; M: 0,63-0,5; (114) F: 1,02-0,8; M: 0,7; (116) F: 0,84; M: 0,65; (133) F: 0,9-0,7; M: 0,6-0,5; (141) F: 0,9-0,7; M: 0,6-0,5; (155) F: 0,84-0,69; M: 0,65-0,6; (208) F: 0,8-0,7; M: 0,75-0,73; (246) F: 0,81-0,76; (254) F,M: 1; (334) F: 0,95-0,7; M: 0,7-0,5; (354) F: 0,75-0,68; (373) F: 0,99-0,68; M: 0,75-0,58; (432) F: 1-0,75; (449) F: 0,96-0,73; M: 0,7-0,59; (627) F: 0,96-0,68; (649) F: 0,78; M: 0,67; (796) F: 0,86-0,69; (991) F: 0,68-0,96; M: 0,6-0,7; {F: 0,68-1,20; M: 0,50-0,82}
Rem.: epi- to bathypelagic.
Sampling depth (Antarct., sub-Antarct.) : 0-1000 m.
Although the geographical distribution of this species seems cosmopolite, the list of studied authors shows that cold septentrional (northern) waters and Antarctic waters are preferable localities, even at a latitude of Taiwan (cf. Hsieh & al., 2004 (p.398, tab.1 & fig.2).
Observed in ballast waters of ships at San Francisco.
Remark concerning Oithona helgolandica
: The rough description of Oithona helgolandica was done from a male found near Helgoland, the female was never described other than by synonymy with O. similis Claus,1866. The opinion put forward by Sars (1918, p.207) seems well founded. Under these conditions, the arguments developed by Crisafi (1959) are not retained, and this species is considered as doubtful or a synonym of O. nana as formulated by Rosendorn (1917) and Sars (1918). Nishida & al., 1977 (p.151) consider this form as doubtful. Also the authors after Claus (1863) who cite this form refer most often to Oithona similis.
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