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Family ONCAEIDAE Giesbrecht, 1893


Compiler and date details

30 June 2007 - Walker-Smith, G.K., Cook, K.N. & Chilton-Lahey, K.L.

 

Introduction

Species in the family Oncaeidae are abundant in the marine planktonic communities of near surface waters to the deep sea. The family comprises seven genera, and approximately 100 species. See Boxshall & Halsey (2004: 613) for more details as well as a key to the genera.

 

ID Keys

For a key to the genera see Boxshall & Halsey (2004).

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
26-Jun-2023 13-Apr-2011 MOVED
30-Mar-2010 MODIFIED