Oncaea


Oncaea is a genus of copepods. The genus contains bioluminescent species. Unlike other bioluminescent copepods, Oncaea have an internal bioluminescence. Oncaea contains the following species:
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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:
;Nomina dubia
  • Oncaea neobscura Razouls, 1969
  • Oncaea obscura Farran, 1908
  • Oncaea parobscura Shmeleva, 1979
;Species inquirendae
  • Oncaea bathyalis Shmeleva, 1968
  • Oncaea crassimana
  • Oncaea frosti Heron, 2002
  • Oncaea gracilis
  • ''Oncaea obtusa''