Oncaea venusta

Oncaea venusta
Oncaea venusta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Maxillopoda
Subclass: Copepoda
Order: Poecilostomatoida
Family: Oncaeidae
Genus: Oncaea
Species: O. venusta
Binomial name
Oncaea venusta
Philippi, 1843

Oncaea venusta is a species of copepod with a cosmopolitan distribution, but lacking from the Arctic Ocean.[1] Females are 1.1–1.3 millimetres (0.043–0.051 in) long, while males are only 0.8–1.0 mm (0.031–0.039 in) long.[2] The front of the head is unusally wide, and the body is brightly coloured, usually yellow–orange, but sometimes red.[2] O. venusta feeds on a variety of zooplankton and phytoplankton.[2]

References

  1. ^ Ruth Böttger-Schnack, Juliana Kouwenberg & Geoff Boxshall (2011). "Oncaea venusta Philippi, 1843". In T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall. World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=128954. Retrieved June 24, 2011. 
  2. ^ a b c William S. Johnson, Dennis M. Allen & Marni Fylling (2005). "Poecilostomatiod [sic] copepods". Zooplankton of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts: a Guide to their Identification and Ecology. Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 160–161. ISBN 9780801881688. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=A8iGP6acatgC&pg=PA160. 


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