Oncaea

Oncaea
Male Oncaea venusta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Copepoda
Order:	Cyclopoida
Family:	Oncaeidae
Genus:	Oncaea Philippi, 1843
Synonyms   [1]
AntariaDana, 1846 MyspictosumKazachenko & 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. Geoff Boxshall (2011). T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall (ed.). "Oncaea Philippi, 1843". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species . 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. PMID   3503524.
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. Bibcode:1993MEPS...94..297H. doi: 10.3354/meps094297 .