Oncaea atlantica - Species Card - Marine Planktonic Copepods

Oncaea atlantica Shmeleva, 1967 (F,M)

Taxonomy

Order Cyclopoida

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Family Oncaeidae

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Genus Oncaea

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Synonymy

Conaea atlantica : Björnberg & al., 1981 (p.668, figs.F,M)

References

List of the studied authors

Shmeleva, 1967 (p.621, figs.F,M); Boxshall & Böttger, 1987 (p.559, Redescr.F, figs.F); Kovalev & Shmeleva, 1982 (p.86); Greze & al., 1985 (p.8); Bradford-Grieve & al., 1999 (p.887, 970, figs.F,M); Böttger-Schnack & al., 2004 (p.1130, tab.1, Rem.); Brugnanno & al., 2009 (p.354, Rem.); Vives & Shmeleva, 2010 (p.274, figs.F,M, Rem.)

Figures

Plate 1 issued from : A.A. Shmeleva in Zool. Zh., 1967, 46 (4). [p.621, Fig.1].
Female (from SE Atlantic Ocean): 1, habitus (dorsal): 2, urosome (dorsal); 3, A1; 4, A2; 5, Mxp; 6-9, P1 to P4.

Species Oncaea atlantica - Plate 2 of morphological figures

Plate 2 issued from : A.A. Shmeleva in Zool. Zh., 1967, 46 (4). [p.622, Fig.2].
Male: 1, habitus (dorsal); 2, urosome (dorsal); 3, A1; 4, A2; 5, Mxp.

Species Oncaea atlantica - Plate 3 of morphological figures

Plate 3 issued from : G.A. Boxshall & R. Böttger in J. Plankton Res., 1987, 9 (3). [p.557, Fig.3].
Female (from Central Red Sea): A, habitus (dorsal); B, idem (lateral) view with orange-red pigmented are indicated by stipple); C, urosome (dorsal); D, A1 (anteroventral); E, A2 (anterior); F, labrum (ventral); G, Md (anterior); H, Mx1 (anterior); I, Mx2 (anterior).
Scale bars 0.010 mm unless otherwise indicated.
Nota: One specimen carried an egg sac on the right side of the genital vcomplex; it contained a single large egg (0.040 mm in diameter).

Species Oncaea atlantica - Plate 4 of morphological figures

Plate 4 issued from : G.A. Boxshall & R. Böttger in J. Plankton Res., 1987, 9 (3). [p.558, Fig.4].
Female: A, Mxp (anterior); B-E, P1 to P4 (anterior views)

Complementary References

List of the studied authors

Böttger-Schnack, 1994 (p.277); 1995 (p.92); 1996 (p.1086); Uysal & al., 2002 (p.18, tab.1); Böttger-Schnack & al., 2001 (p.1029, tab.1, 2, Rem.); Nishibe & al., 2009 (p.491, Table 1: seasonal abundance); Uysal & Shmeleva, 2012 (p.909, Table I); Bonecker & a., 2014 (p.445, Table II: frequency, horizontal & vertical distributions, Table IV: new geographical record) ; Zakaria & al., 2016 (p.1, Table 1, Rem.)

Distribution

NZ: 6

Distribution map of Oncaea atlantica by geographical zones

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

Distribution map of Oncaea atlantica for the Zone Indian Ocean

Additional Maps & Charts

Species Oncaea atlantica - Distribution map 4

Map 4 Chart of 1996

Localisations

Geographical glossary

NE off Trindade Is., Brazil (off Rio de Janeiro), W Medit. (Alboran Sea, W Egyptian coast, Lebanon Basin), G. of Aqaba, Red Sea (N-S), Arabian Sea, Japan (Tosa Bay)

Quotations

N: 11

Dimensions (mm)

References of the authors concerning dimensions

(684) F: 0,25; (765) F: 0,26-0,25; M: 0,24; {F: 0,25-0,26; M: 0,24}

Remarks

epipelagic (0-200 m).
See remark in Oncaea platysetosa.

Last update : 16/01/2018

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