Oncaea: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Hexanauplia
- Order
- Cyclopoida
- Family
- Oncaeidae
- Genus
- Oncaea
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Oncaea
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Oncaea
Oncaea is a genus of copepods. The genus contains bioluminescent species. Unlike other bioluminescent copepods, Oncaea have an internal (non-secreted) bioluminescence. Oncaea contains the following species:
A number of nomina dubia and species inquirendae have also been described in Oncaea:
- 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)
Oncaea in languages:
- Japanese
- オンケア属