Species Card of Copepod
Cyclopoida ( Order )
    Oncaeidae ( Family )
        Oncaea ( Genus )
Oncaea mediterranea  (Claus, 1863)   (F,M)
Syn.: Antaria mediterranea Claus, 1863 (p.159, figs.F,M);
Oncäa mediterranea : Giesbrecht, 1892 (p.591, 602, 774, figs.F,M);
O. mediterranea var. flava : Giesbrecht, 1892 (p.592, pl.4 & 47, figs.F);
no Oncaea mediterranea : Bourne, 1889 (p.151, figs.F); T. Scott, 1894 b (p.117);
Ref.:
Bourne, 1889 (p.151, figs.F, Rem.); Thompson & Scott, 1903 (p.239, 284); Farran, 1908 b (p.92); Wolfenden, 1911 (p.362); Pesta, 1920 (p.651, fig.); Farran, 1926 (p.297); 1929 (p.210, 285); Rose, 1929 (p.57); 1933 a (p.297, figs.F,M); Farran, 1936 a (p.126); Dakin & Colefax, 1940 (p.116, figs.F); Lysholm & al., 1945 (p.43); Sewell, 1947 (p.262); Vervoort, 1957 (p.147); Owre & Foyo, 1967 (p.111, figs.F,M); Vilela, 1968 (p.31); Corral Estrada, 1970 (p.217, Rem.); Björnberg, 1972 (p.92, Rem. N); Razouls, 1972 (p.95, Annexe: p.112, figs.F,M); Bradford, 1972 (p.50, figs.F,M) ; Kos, 1972 (Vol. I, figs.F, M, Rem.); Razouls, 1974 b (p.237, figs.F, non M); Chen & al., 1974 (p.42, figs.F); Ferrari, 1975 (p.222, figs.F,M, Rem.); Heron, 1977 (p.51, figs.F); Boxshall, 1977 a (p.128, figs.F,M); Dawson & Knatz, 1980 (p.9, 10, figs.F,M); Björnberg & al., 1981 (p.667, figs.F,M); Marques, 1982 (p.772); Malt, 1983 a (p.6, figs.F, Rem.); Heron & Bradford-Grieve, 1995 (p.32, figs.F,M); Chihara & Murano, 1997 (p.980, Pl.222: F,M, Rem.); Böttger-Schnack & Huys, 1997 (p.137, Redesc. F,M, figs.F,M, Rem.); Boxshall, 1998 (p.226); Bradford-Grieve & al., 1999 (p.887, 970, figs.F,M); Böttger-Schnack, 2001 (p.53, figs.F, Rem.: corrective note); Conway & al., 2003 (p.223, figs.F,M, Rem.); Böttger-Schnack & al., 2004 (p.1130, tab.1, Rem.); Avancini & al., 2006 (p.136, Pl. 104, figs.F,M, Rem.); Wi & al., 2009 (p.96, figs.F,M, Rem.); Vives & Shmeleva, 2010 (p.292, figs.F,M, Rem.); Böttger-Schnack & Machida, 2011 (p.111, Table 1, 2, fig.2, 3, DNA sequences, phylogeny); Böttger-Schnack & Schnack, 2013 (p.4: Table 1, Rem.: s.str-Group)
Species Oncaea mediterranea - Plate 1 of morphological figuresissued from : Q.-c Chen & S.-z. Zhang & C.-s. Zhu in Studia Marina Sinica, 1974, 9. [Pl.7, Figs.1-3].
Female (from China Seas): 1, habitus (dorsal); 2, Mxp; 3, P4.


Species Oncaea mediterranea - Plate 2 of morphological figuresissued from : R. Böttger-Schnack & R. Huys in Bull. nat. Hist. Mus. Lond. (Zool.), 1997, 63 (2). [p.139, Fig.1].
Female (from Red Sea): A, habitus (dorsal) [a, lateral raised pore, enlarged]; B, idem (lateral left side (appendages omitted); arrow indicating position of lateral raised pore; C, urosome (dorsal); D, idem (lateral); E, A1; F, caudal ramus (dorsal); G, P5 (dorsal); H, P6.
Nota: Proportional lengths (%) of urosomites and caudal rami 8.1: 50.7: 6.8: 7.3: 10.5: 16.5. Anal somite 1.3 times wider than long; about 2/3 the length of caudal rami. Caudal ramus about 3.0 times as long as wide. A1 6-segmented, relative lengths (%) of segments measured along posterior non-setiferous margin 6.2: 20.6: 46.4: 10.3: 6.2: 10.3.


Species Oncaea mediterranea - Plate 3 of morphological figuresissued from : R. Böttger-Schnack & R. Huys in Bull. nat. Hist. Mus. Lond. (Zool.), 1997, 63 (2). [p.140, Fig.2].
Female: A, A2; B, labrum (anterior); C, idem (posterior); D, Md (showing individual elements); E, Mx1; F, Mx2 [f1, distal seta; f2, proximal seta]; G, Mxp.


Species Oncaea mediterranea - Plate 4 of morphological figuresissued from : R. Böttger-Schnack & R. Huys in Bull. nat. Hist. Mus. Lond. (Zool.), 1997, 63 (2). [p.141, Fig.3].
Female: A, P1 (anterior) [a, terminal part of endopod]; B, P2 (anterior) [b, terminal part of endopod]; C, P3 (postrior) [c, terminal part of endopod]; D, P4 (anterior) [d, terminal part of endopod].


Species Oncaea mediterranea - Plate 5 of morphological figuresissued from : R. Böttger-Schnack & R. Huys in Bull. nat. Hist. Mus. Lond. (Zool.), 1997, 63 (2). [p.145, Fig.5].
Female (from eastern Mediterranean), broad form: A, habitus (dorsal); B, idem (lateral right side); C, caudal ramus.


Species Oncaea mediterranea - Plate 6 of morphological figuresissued from : R. Böttger-Schnack & R. Huys in Bull. nat. Hist. Mus. Lond. (Zool.), 1997, 63 (2). [p.143, Fig.4].
Male (from Red Sea): A, habitus (dorsal); B, A1; C, Mxp (anterior) [c, tip of claw, showing hyaline lamella]; D, urosome (dorsal); E, idem (ventral); F, idem (lateral), with spematophore immature; G, A2 (distal endopod segment).
Nota: Proportional lengths (%) of urosomites (caudal rami included) 8.4:62.1: 3.0: 3.3: 2.7:8.1: 11.6. Caudal rami 1.8 times longer than wide, markedly shorther than in female. P1-4 with armature as in female; variable number of spinules on conical projection of endopods of P2 and P3.


Species Oncaea mediterranea - Plate 7 of morphological figuresissued from : G.A. Boxshall in Brit. Mus. nat. Hist., Zool., 1977, 31 (3). [p.125, Fig.11, b, d, i, j].
Female (18°N, 25°W): b, habitus (lateral); d, idem (dorsal); i, Mxp (posterior; j, P5 (dorsal).
Nota: Prosome not strongly vaulted; body not giving an arched appearance from the lateral aspect. Genital complex about 1.2 times longer than rest of urosome and sides tapering posteriorly. Caudal rami 2.4 times longer than anal somite and 4.0 to 4.5 times longer than broad. P5 (more elongate than in O. venusta) 2.3 to 2.5 times longer than broad and with 1 long apical seta and 1 short subapical seta.


Species Oncaea mediterranea - Plate 8 of morphological figuresissued from : G.A. Boxshall in Brit. Mus. nat. Hist., Zool., 1977, 31 (3). [p.126, Fig.12, e-h].
Male: e, urosome (ventral); f, A2 (anterior); g, Mx1 (posterior); h, Mxp (anterior).
Nota: caudal rami 1.4 times longer than the anal somite and about 2.8 times longer than broad. Mx1 with the outermost seta on the outer lobe well developed and bearing a row of fine spinules.


Species Oncaea mediterranea - Plate 9 of morphological figuresissued from : G.C. Bourne in J. Mar. biol. Ass. U.K., 1889, n. ser. 1. [Pl.XII].
Female (from Plymouth): 1, A1; 2, one of the swimming foot; 3,Mxp; 4, Mx1; 5, urosomal segments; 6, Mx2; 7, A2.


Species Oncaea mediterranea - Plate 10 of morphological figuresissued from : Z. Zheng, S. Li, S.J. Li & B. Chen in Marine planktonic copepods in Chinese waters. Shanghai Sc. Techn. Press, 1982 [p.102, Fig.60].
Female: a, habitus (dorsal); b, Mxp; c, P4.

Male: d, habitus (dorsal); e, urosome (ventral); f, Mxp.

Scale bar in mm.


Species Oncaea mediterranea - Plate 11 of morphological figuresissued from : J.M. Bradford in Mem. N. Z. Oceonogr. Inst., 1972, 54. [p.52, Fig.15, (15-17].
Female (from Kaikoura, New Zealand): 16, habitus (dorsal); 17, Mxp.

Male: 15, abdomen.

Scale bars: 1 mm (16): 0.1 mm (15, 17).


Species Oncaea mediterranea - Plate 12 of morphological figuresissued from : G.A. Heron in Antarct. Res. Ser. Washington, 1977, 26. [p.52, Fig.8, e-h].
Female: e, habitus (lateral (scale bar: X); f, urosome (dorsal; scale bar: Y); g, left A1 (scale bar: Y); h, left A2 (scale bar: Y).


Species Oncaea mediterranea - Plate 13 of morphological figuresissued from : G.A. Heron in Antarct. Res. Ser. Washington, 1977, 26. [p.53, Fig.9].
Female: a, labrum (scale bar: Z); b, right Md (scale bar: Z); c, left Mx1 (scale bar: Z); d, left Mx2 (scale bar: Z); e, right Mxp (scale bar: Y); f-h, P2 to P3 (scale bar: Y).


Species Oncaea mediterranea - Plate 14 of morphological figuresissued from : G.A. Heron in Antarct. Res. Ser. Washington, 1977, 26. [p.54, Fig.10, a-b].
Female: a, P4 (scale bar: Y); b, P5 (scale bar: Z).


Species Oncaea mediterranea - Plate 15 of morphological figuresissued from : J.H. Wi, Y.H. Yoon & H.Y. Soh in Ocean Sci. J., 2009, 44 (2). [p.97, Fig.2].
Female (from Korea Strait): A-B, habitus (dorsal and lateral, respectively); C, A1; D, A2; E, labrum (posterior); F, Md; G, Mx1; H, Mx2.
Scale bars in micrometers.


Species Oncaea mediterranea - Plate 16 of morphological figuresissued from : J.H. Wi, Y.H. Yoon & H.Y. Soh in Ocean Sci. J., 2009, 44 (2). [p.99, Fig.3].
Female: A, Mxp; B-E, P1 to P4, respectively .
Scale bars in micrometers.


Species Oncaea mediterranea - Plate 17 of morphological figuresissued from : J.H. Wi, Y.H. Yoon & H.Y. Soh in Ocean Sci. J., 2009, 44 (2). [p.100, Fig.4].
Male: A-B, habitus (dorsal and lateral, respectively); C, A1; D, A2; E, Mxp; F, endopodite 3 of P1; G, endopodite 3 of P4; H, P5; I, P6 (represented by posterolateral flap closing off genital aperture on either side; covered by rows of minute denticles; posterlateral corners protruded into pointed tip)
Scale bars in micrometers..


Species Oncaea mediterranea - Plate 18 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.47, Fig.10].
As Oncäa mediterranea var. flava.
Female: 10, urosome (dorsal).


Species Oncaea mediterranea - Plate 19 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.47, Fig.47].
As Oncäa mediterranea var. flava.
Female: 47, Mxp.


Species Oncaea mediterranea - Plate 20 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.47, Figs.8, 9].
As Oncäa mediterranea var. flava.
Male: 8, habitus (dorsal); 9, urosome (ventral).


Species Oncaea mediterranea - Plate 21 of morphological figuresissued from : C. Razouls in Th. Doc. Etat Fac. Sc. Paris VI, 1972, Annexe. [Fig.68].
Female (from Banyuls, G. of Lion): A, urosome; B, Mxp; C, A2; D, P2; E, P4; F,P1; G, P3.


Species Oncaea mediterranea - Plate 22 of morphological figuresissued from : C. Razouls in Th. Doc. Etat Fac. Sc. Paris VI, 1972, Annexe. [Fig.69].
Male: A, urosome; B, P2; C, A1; D, Mxp; E, P3; F, P1; G, P4.


Species Oncaea mediterranea - Plate 23 of morphological figuresIssued from : G.A. Heron & J.M. Bradford-Grieve in New Zealand Iceanogr. Inst.. Memoir 104. NIWA, 1995. [p.34, Fig.14, e-l].
Female (from SW Pacific): e, habitus (lateral) [q]; f, same (dorsal) [q]; g, anterior of prosome (ventral) [r]; h, right A2 [s]; i, labrum (ventral) [u]; j, right Md [u]; k, left Mx1 [u]; l, right Mx2 [w].

Scale bars: See p.13, fig.2. Letter in brackets.


Species Oncaea mediterranea - Plate 24 of morphological figuresissued from : G.A. Heron & J.M. Bradford-Grieve in New Zealand Oceanogr. Inst. memoir 104. NIWA, 1995. [p.34, Fig.14, a-d].
Male (from SW Pacific): a, habitus (lateral and dorsal, respectively) [q]; c, 3rd segment of right A2 [s]; d, left Mxp [v].
Scale bars: See p.13, fig.2. Letter in brackets.

Compl. Ref.:
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Distribution map of Oncaea mediterranea by geographical zones
Species Oncaea mediterranea - Distribution map 4issued from : H.B. Owre & M. Foyo in Fauna Caribaea, 1, Crustacea, 1: Copepoda. Copepods of the Florida Current. 1967. [p.112, Table 55].
Vertical distribution of Oncaea mediyrttanea at thje "40-Mile Station'' in the Florida Current (± 25°35'N, 79°27'W).
SL 53: 18 V 1958; SL 55: 21 VII 1858; A: during midday; B: during midnight.
Species Oncaea mediterranea - Distribution map 5issued from : A.A. Shmeleva in Bull. Inst. Oceanogr., Monaco, 1965, 65 (n°1351). [Table 6: 42]. Oncaea mediterranea (from South Adriatic).
Dimensions, volume and Weight wet. Means for 50-60 specimens. Volume and weight calculated by geometrical method. Assumed that the specific gravity of the Copepod body is equal to 1, then the volume will correspond to the weight.
Species Oncaea mediterranea - Distribution map 6issued from : A.V. Kovalev in Gidrobiol. Zh., 1970, 6 (5). [p.92, Table 1].
Relation between the body length of females and number of eggs.
A: species; B: number of females; C: length of females in mm; D: number of eggs in relation to the lengths of females.
Loc:
Cosmopolite (tropical, sub-tropical), Also: sub-Antarct. (Indian, SW Pacif., exceptional), Faroe Is., Barents Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Thracian Sea, W Egyptian coast, Black Sea, Red Sea (G. of Aqaba, off Sharm El-Sheikh, N-S), S Korea, Cheju Island, China Seas (Yellow Sea, East China Sea, South China Sea), Taiwan Strait, Taiwan, Korea Strait, Japan (Kuchinoerabu Is., Tosa Bay, Sagami Bay, Tokyo Bay), Kuroshio & Oyashio regions, Chile (N-S)
N: 280
Lg.:
(34) F: 1,25-0,98; (35) F: 1,36-1,12 [Atlant.]; F: 1,32-1,25 [N-Z]; F: 1,18-1,17 [54° S]; (38) F: 1,6-1,3; M: 1,12-1,02; (46) F: 1,3-1; M: 0,95-0,9; (104) F: 1,1; (109) F: 1,4-1,3; (116) F: 1,12; (139) F: 1,35-0,98; M: 1,08-0,96; (180) F: 1,25-1,18; M: 1,03-0,8; (327) F: 1,39-0,98; M: 0,94-0,8; (332) F: 1,34-1,31; M: 1,07-0,81; (340) F: 1,2-1; (432) F: 1,45-1,32; (449) F: 1,3-1; M: 1,05-0,7; (679) F: 1,25-1,13; (687) [G1] F: 1,22-1,07; M: 0,89-0,76; [G2] F: 1,37-1,29; M: 1,12-1,06; [G3] F: 0,91-0,85; M: 0,75-0,69; (693) F: 1,4; M: 0,96; (786) F: 1,33; (788) F: 1,03-0,9; M: 0,78-0,7; 0,9; (920) F: 1,07; (991) F: 1-1,3; M: 0,7-1,05; (1023) F: 1,22-1,42; M: 0,7-1,12; (1072)* F: 1,2-1,28; M: 0,74-0,83; (1101) F: 0,91-1,20; {F: 0,85-1,60; M: 0,69-1,12}
*: Body length in lateral aspect.
Rem.: epi- to mesopelagic, (off Malta: 3000 m).
Sampling depth ( sub-Antarct.) : 0-1000 m. Sargasso Sea: 0-1000 m (Deevey & Brooks, 1977, Station "S"). 0-1236 m at Station T-1 (E Tori Is., E middle Japan) from Furuhashi (1966 a).
For Bourne (1889, p.151) this species is rare at Plymouth (only one the 31st August, 1888, the other on April 15th, 1889.
Its distribution and its origin seem comparable to O. media, as noted by Giesbrecht (1892, p. 592).
After Benedetti & al. (2018, p.1, Fig.2) this species belonging to the functional group 5 corresponding to small sac-spawning detritivorous.

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