Oncaea bathyalis - Species Card - Marine Planktonic Copepods

Oncaea bathyalis Shmeleva, 1968 (F)

Taxonomy

Order Cyclopoida

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Family Oncaeidae

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Genus Oncaea

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References

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.); Böttger-Schnack & Schnack, 2013 (p. 8, Table 2: Rem.)

Figures

Plate 1 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.

Complementary References

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)

Distribution

NZ: 4

Distribution map of Oncaea bathyalis by geographical zones

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

Distribution map of Oncaea bathyalis for the Zone Indian Ocean

Localisations

Geographical glossary

E Atlant. tropical, Ibero-moroccan Bay, Medit. (Alboran Sea, S Adriatic Sea, N Lebanon Basin, Lebanon Sea), Arabian Sea

Quotations

N: 7

Dimensions (mm)

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}

Remarks

Mesopelagic (300-450 m).
According to Vives & Shmeleva (2010, p.276) the male described by Shmeleva (1968) belongs to this species.
After Böttger-Schnack & Schnack ( 2013, p. 8, Table 2) the species is insufficiently described.

Last update : 05/12/2016

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

According to BÃ¶ttger-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.