Biology:Oncaea

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Short description: Genus of crustaceans

Oncaea
Oncaea venusta.jpg
Male Oncaea venusta
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Copepoda
Order: Cyclopoida
Family: Oncaeidae
Genus: Oncaea
Philippi, 1843
Synonyms [1]
  • Antaria Dana, 1846
  • Myspictosum Kazachenko & Avdeev, 1977

Oncaea is a genus of copepods. The genus contains bioluminescent species.[2] Unlike other bioluminescent copepods, Oncaea have an internal (non-secreted) bioluminescence.[3] Oncaea contains the following species:[1]

  • Oncaea africana Shmeleva, 1979
  • Oncaea alboranica Shmeleva, 1979
  • Oncaea atlantica Shmeleva, 1967
  • Oncaea bispinosa Böttger-Schnack, 2002
  • Oncaea bowmani Heron, 1977
  • Oncaea brocha Heron, 1977
  • Oncaea brodskii Shmeleva, 1968
  • Oncaea clevei Früchtl, 1923
  • Oncaea compacta Heron, 1977
  • Oncaea convexa Heron, 1977
  • Oncaea cristata Böttger-Schnack, 2005
  • Oncaea crypta Böttger-Schnack, 2005
  • Oncaea curta G. O. Sars, 1916
  • Oncaea curvata Giesbrecht, 1902
  • Oncaea damkaeri Heron, 1977
  • Oncaea delicata Heron, English & Damkaer, 1984
  • Oncaea englishi Heron, 1977
  • Oncaea furnestini Shmeleva, 1979
  • Oncaea glabra Heron & Frost, 2000
  • Oncaea grossa Heron & Frost, 2000
  • Oncaea heronae Malt, 1982
  • Oncaea illgi Heron, 1977
  • Oncaea infantula K. T. Gordeeva, 1972
  • Oncaea insolita Heron & Frost, 2000
  • Oncaea lacinia Heron, English & Damkaer, 1984
  • Oncaea latimana K. T. Gordeeva, 1975
  • Oncaea longipes Shmeleva, 1968
  • Oncaea longiseta Shmeleva, 1968
  • Oncaea macilenta Heron, 1977
  • Oncaea media Giesbrecht, 1891
  • Oncaea mediterranea (Claus, 1863)
  • Oncaea memorata K. T. Gordeeva, 1973
  • Oncaea minima Shmeleva, 1968
  • Oncaea minor Shmeleva, 1979
  • Oncaea mollicula K. T. Gordeeva, 1975
  • Oncaea notopus Giesbrecht, 1891
  • Oncaea oceanica K. T. Gordeeva, 1972
  • Oncaea olsoni Heron, 1977
  • Oncaea ornata Giesbrecht, 1891
  • Oncaea ovalis Shmeleva, 1966
  • Oncaea parabathyalis Böttger-Schnack, 2005
  • Oncaea paraclevei Böttger-Schnack, 2001
  • Oncaea parila Heron, 1977
  • Oncaea petila Heron, 1977
  • Oncaea philippinensis (Kazachenko & Avdeev, 1977)
  • Oncaea platysetosa Boxshall & Böttger, 1987
  • Oncaea prendeli Shmeleva, 1966
  • Oncaea prolata Heron, 1977
  • Oncaea pumilis Heron, 1977
  • Oncaea rimula Heron & Frost, 2000
  • Oncaea rotata Heron & Frost, 2000
  • Oncaea rotunda Heron, 1977
  • Oncaea rotundata Boxshall, 1977
  • Oncaea scottodicarloi Heron & Bradford-Grieve, 1995
  • Oncaea setosa Heron, 1977
  • Oncaea shmelevi K. T. Gordeeva, 1972
  • Oncaea tenella G. O. Sars, 1916
  • Oncaea tenuimana Giesbrecht, 1891
  • Oncaea tregoubovi Shmeleva, 1968
  • Oncaea venusta Philippi, 1843
  • Oncaea vodjanitskii Shmeleva & Delalo, 1965
  • Oncaea waldemari Bersano & Boxshall, 1996
  • Oncaea walleni Heron, 1977
  • Oncaea zernovi Shmeleva, 1966


A number of nomina dubia and species inquirendae have also been described in Oncaea:[1]

Nomina dubia
  • Oncaea neobscura Razouls, 1969
  • Oncaea obscura Farran, 1908
  • Oncaea parobscura Shmeleva, 1979
Species inquirendae
  • Oncaea bathyalis Shmeleva, 1968
  • Oncaea crassimana (Dana, 1849)
  • Oncaea frosti Heron, 2002
  • Oncaea gracilis (Dana, 1852)
  • Oncaea obtusa (Dana, 1852)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Geoff Boxshall (2011). "Oncaea Philippi, 1843". in T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall. World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=128690. Retrieved February 24, 2011. 
  2. Herring, Peter J. (1987). "Systematic distribution of bioluminescence in living organisms". Journal of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence 1 (3): 147–163. doi:10.1002/bio.1170010303. 
  3. Herring, Peter J.; Latz, M. I.; Bannister, N. J.; Widder, E. A. (1993). "Bioluminescence of the poecilostomatoid copepod Oncaea conifera". Marine Ecology Progress Series 94: 297–309. doi:10.3354/meps094297. Bibcode1993MEPS...94..297H. 

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