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Oncaea frosti Heron, 2002
361949 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:361949)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Heron, G.A. (2002). Oncaea frosti, a new species (Copepoda: Poecilostomatoida) from the Liberian coast and the Gulf of Mexico. In: Lee, C.E., S. Strom & J. Yen, (eds.). Progress in Zooplankton Biology: Ecology, and Behavior, Hydrobiologia, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands, 207pp. 480:159-154. [details] Available for editors 
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Taxonomy The morphological characters used to describe Oncaea frosti Heron, an Atlantic medium-sized form of Oncaea venusta...
Taxonomy The morphological characters used to describe Oncaea frosti Heron, an Atlantic medium-sized form of Oncaea venusta Philippi, appear to be inadequate in view of the great polymorphism known for this ubiquitous species (Böttger-Schnack & Huys, 2004). The respective size range includes two different genetic lineages (Elvers et al. 2006), whose morphological characters still have to be defined. [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Oncaea frosti Heron, 2002. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=361949 on 2025-04-09
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Heron, G.A. (2002). Oncaea frosti, a new species (Copepoda: Poecilostomatoida) from the Liberian coast and the Gulf of Mexico. In: Lee, C.E., S. Strom & J. Yen, (eds.). Progress in Zooplankton Biology: Ecology, and Behavior, Hydrobiologia, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands, 207pp. 480:159-154. [details] Available for editors [request]
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Böttger-Schnack, R. & R. Huys. (2004). Size polymorphism in Oncaea venusta Philippi, 1843 and the validity of O. frosti Heron, 2002: a commentary. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 513(1): 1-5. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1023/b:hydr.0000018301.50664.3d [details] Available for editors [request]
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Suárez-Morales, E., J.W. Fleeger & P.A. Montagna. (2009). Free-living Copepoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder, D. L. & D.K. Camp [Eds]. Gulf of Mexico: origin, waters, and biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 1393 pp.</em> Chapter pagination: 841-869. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Elvers, D., R. Böttger-Schnack, D. Blohm & W. Hagen. (2006). Sympatric size variants of the microcopepod Oncaea venusta exhibit distinct lineages in DNA sequences. Marine Biology 149(3):503-513. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Elvers, D., R. Böttger-Schnack, D. Blohm & W. Hagen. (2006). Sympatric size variants of the microcopepod Oncaea venusta exhibit distinct lineages in DNA sequences. Marine Biology 149(3):503-513. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Taxonomy The morphological characters used to describe Oncaea frosti Heron, an Atlantic medium-sized form of Oncaea venusta Philippi, appear to be inadequate in view of the great polymorphism known for this ubiquitous species (Böttger-Schnack & Huys, 2004). The respective size range includes two different genetic lineages (Elvers et al. 2006), whose morphological characters still have to be defined. [details]
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (3 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 1001631)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (3 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 1001631)
