Galapagos Species Database

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Oithona plumifera Baird, 1843

Copépodo, Copepod

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Copepoda

Order
Cyclopoida

Family
Oithonidae

Genus
Oithona

Species
plumifera

Taxon category: Accepted

Synonymised names Oithona plumifera plumifera Baird, 1843 (sole subspecies, essentially redundant) Oithona scriba (Dana, 1849) (listed as synonym by Giesbrecht, 1892) Scribella scriba Dana, 1849 (listed as synonym by Nishida, 1985)

Distribution

Distribution: Southeastern zone: San Cristóbal, Española, Floreana

References

  • Diego F. Figueroa (2021) Environmental forcing on zooplankton distribution in the coastal waters of the Galápagos Islands: spatial and seasonal patterns in the copepod community structure Vol. 661: 49–69, 2021 https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13617 https://www.int-res.com/articles/meps_oa/m661p049.pdf
  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Oithona plumifera", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=18946. Accessed 9 May 2025.