Oncaea bathyalis - Species Card - Marine Planktonic Copepods

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Oncaea bathyalis Shmeleva, 1968 (F)

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List of the studied authors )

Shmeleva, 1968 (p.1785, figs.F; no M); 1969 (p.16, figs.F; no M); no Malt & al., 1989 (p.962, Descr.M, figs.M); Böttger-Schnack & Schnack, 2009 (p.131, Table 5: Rem.); Vives & Shmeleva, 2010 (p.276, figs.F, ?M, Rem.)

issued from : A.A. Shmeleva in Bull. Inst. océanogr. Monaco, 1969, 68, n° 1393. [p.16, Fig.12].
Female (from S Adriatic Sea): a, habitus (dorsal); b, urosome (dorsal); c, A1; d, A2; e, Mxp; f-i, P1 to P4.

Compl. Ref.:

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List of the studied authors )

Kovalev & Shmeleva, 1982 (p.86); Greze & al., 1985 (p.8); Böttger-Schnack, 1994 (p.277); 1996 (p.1086); 1997 (p.409); Krsinic, 1998 (p.1051); Hure & Krsinic, 1998 (p.104); Krsinic & Grbec, 2002 (p.127, tab.1); Uysal & Shmeleva, 2012 (p.909, Table I)

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Distribution map of Oncaea bathyalis by geographical zones

Distribution map of Oncaea bathyalis for the Zone Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea

Loc:

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Geographical glossary )

Atlant. tropical E, Baie Ibéro-marocaine, Médit. (Mer d'Alboran, Mer Adriatique S, N Levantin Basin, Mer du Levant), Mer Arabe

Lg.:

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References of the authors concerning dimensions )

(685) F: 0,43-0,36; M: 0,4-0,34; (697) M: 0,34; {F: 0,36-0,43; M: 0,34-0,40}

Rem.:

Mesopelagic (300-450 m).
According to Vives & Shmeleva (2010, p.276) the male described by Shmeleva (1968) belons to this species.

Last update : 23/01/2013


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By Ruth Böttger-Schnack 2010-03-04 12:01:49 ( Citation of this remark )

According to Böttger-Schnack (2005) Oncaea bathyalis Shmeleva, 1968 should be regarded as species inquirenda because the taxonomic status is uncertain. The species was described twice by the same author (Shmeleva, 1968, 1969) but with different morphological characters. The lack of type material makes it impossible to make any positive statement as to the identity of the genuine O. bathyalis or the potential conspecificity of the two sets of specimens she examined.