Family OITHONIDAE Dana, 1853
Compiler and date details
30 June 2007 - Walker-Smith, G.K., Cook, K.N. & Chilton-Lahey, K.L.
- Oithonidae Dana, 1853.
Type genus:
Oithona Baird, 1843.
Introduction
Species in the family Oithonidae are plentiful in planktonic marine communities around the world. Oithonids are small copepods, usually less than 1 mm in length, and are widespread in epipelagic and mesopelagic depths in the open ocean, and in neritic waters and estuaries. The family includes three genera, and over 50 species. See Boxshall & Halsey (2004: 610) for more details as well as a key to the genera.
ID Keys
For a key to the genera see Boxshall & Halsey (2004).
General References
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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