New version of the site! The interface has just been modernized — tell us what you think by email or rate it : ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ …
Marine Planktonic Copepods
Oncaea prendeli  Shmeleva, 1966   (F,M)
Taxonomy
Order Cyclopoida
Family Oncaeidae

Synonymy

Oncaea sp.1 Böttger-Schnack, 1997;
Spinoncaea sp.A Böttger-Schnack, 2003 (p.223, F only)

References

Shmeleva, 1966 (p.933, figs.F,M); 1969 (p.8, figs.F,M); Malt, 1982 (p.193); Hure & Krsinic, 1998 (p.104); Huys & Böttger-Schnack, 2007 (p.111, Redescr.F,M, figs.F,M, Table 3); Vives & Shmeleva, 2010 (p.304, figs.F,M, Rem.); Böttger-Schnack & Machida, 2011 (p.111, Table 1, 2, fig.2, 3, DNA sequences, phylogeny)

Figures

Plate 1 issued from : A.A. Shmeleva in Bull. Inst. océanogr. Monaco, 1969, 68, n° 1393. [p.8, Fig.5].
Female (from S Adriatic Sea): a, habitus (dorsal); b, urosome (dorsal); c, A1; d, A2; e, Mxp; f-i, P1 to P4.
Plate 2 issued from : A.A. Shmeleva in Bull. Inst. océanogr. Monaco, 1969, 68, n° 1393. [p.9, Fig.6].
Male: a, habitus (dorsal); b, last segments of urosome); c, A1; d, A2; e, Mxp; f-i, P1 to P4.

Complementary References

Kovalev & Shmeleva, 1982 (p.86); Greze & al., 1985 (p.8); Krsinic, 1998 (p.1051); Krsinic & Grbec, 2002 (p.127, tab.1); Nishibe & al., 2009 (p.491, Table 1: seasonal abundance); Böttger-Schnack & Schnack, 2009 (p.131, Table 3, 4); Uysal & Shmeleva, 2012 (p.909, Table I)

Distribution

NZ: 2

Distribution map of Oncaea prendeli by geographical zones


Localisations

Ibero-moroccan Bay, Medit. (Alboran Sea, S Adriatic Sea, Ionian Sea, Lebanon Basin), Japan (Tosa Bay)

Quotations

N: 10

Dimensions (mm)

(690) F: 0,31-0,3; M: 0,31-0,3; (1011) F: 0,31; 0,33 [Adriatic Sea]; 0,28-0,32 [E Medit.]; M: 0,29-0,31 [E Medit.]; {F: 0,28-0,32; M: 0,29-0,31}

Remarks

Meso-bathypelagic.
Depth: 500-700 m (
For Huys & Böttger-Schnack (2007, p.121) the species is closely related to O. tregoubovi.
Last update : 26/08/2019

Contributor Remarks

 to add or edit your remark        


By Ruth Böttger-Schnack 2010-03-03 18:23:48    ( Citation of this remark )
Note that the Red Sea species Oncaea sp. K sensu Böttger-Schnack 1992, 1995 is not synonymous with Oncaea prendeli, although it was erroneously recorded under this name by Böttger-Schnack & Huys (1998).  Oncaea sp. K is synonymous with Spinoncaea tenuis Böttger-Schnack, 2003.