Oithona similis

Oithona similis

Classification

Class: Copepoda
Order: Cyclopoida
Family: Oithonidae

Oithona is a planktonic crustacean genus found in marine, brackish, fresh water environments. Oithona has been described as the most ubiquitous and abundant copepod in the world's oceans. It was first described by Baird in 1843 using the species Oithona plumifera as taxon type.

Distribution

Oithona similis — (c) Leïla Brunner, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

France · 105Germany · 68Italy · 16United Kingdom · 4

Sources and credits

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Oithona similis

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