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Overview
Comprehensive Description
Biology
The most abundance surface-dwelling copepod of Arctic
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Body almost completely transparent, red tinting may be present on female urosome (the tail); Lipid sac can be prominent; Urosome (tail) long (40-50% of prosome); Antennae longer then prosome, but less than total length
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Distribution
Arctic Ocean, Barents Sea, Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone, Bulgarian Exclusive Economic Zone, Canada Basin, Cosmopolitan (World Oceans), European waters (ERMS scope), FAO fishing area 18, FAO fishing area 67, Georgian Exclusive Economic Zone, Gulf of Maine, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of St. Lawrence, New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone, North East Pacific, North Sea, North West Atlantic, Polish Exclusive Economic Zone, Romanian Exclusive economic Zone, Russian part of the Black Sea, St. Lawrence Estuary, Storfjordrenna, Storfjords, Turkish Exclusive Economic Zone, Ukrainian Exclusive Economic Zone, United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone
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North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=2901
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van Breemen, P.J. (1906). Mariene copepoden [Marine copepods]. Fauna van Nederland, 1. E.J. Brill: Leiden, The Netherlands. 31 pp.
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=1293
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Species composition of meso- and macrozooplankton of the Black Sea
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=43140
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Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=sourcedetails&id=145244
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Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=sourcedetails&id=145245
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Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 252-268
http://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=1330
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Johnson CL, Runge JA, Curtis KA, Durbin EG, Hare JA, Incze LS, Link J, Melvin GD, O'Brien TD, Van Guelpen, L (in revision) Biodiversity and ecosystem function in the Gulf of Maine: pattern and role of zooplankton and pelagic nekton. PLoS One.
http://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/masdea/masdea.php?p=sourcedetails&id=148111
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MEDIN (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN, version 1.0.
http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=149081
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Kedra, M. (2010). A Checklist of marine species occurring in Polish marine waters, compiled in the framework of the PESI EU FP7 project.
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=149084
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Institute of Ocean Science Zooplankton Database
http://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=150286
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Préfontaine, G. & P. Brunel. 1962. Liste d'invertébrés marins recueillis dans l'estuaire du Saint-Laurent de 1929 à 1934. Naturaliste Canadien, Quebec 89(8-9):237-263, fig. 1.
http://www.marinespecies.org/ascidiacea/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=109070
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Auel, H. & W. Hagen. 2002. Mesozooplankton community structure, abundance and biomass in the central Arctic Ocean. Marine Biology Berlin 140(5): 1013-1021.
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=74373
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Hopcroft, R.R., C. Clarke, R. J. Nelson & K. A. Raskoff. 2005. Zooplankton communities of the Arctic's Canada Basin: the contribution by smaller taxa. Polar Biology 28(3):198-206.
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=93055
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Hirche, H.J. & K.N. Kosobokova.. 2011. Winter studies on zooplankton in Arctic seas: the Storfjord (Svalbard) and adjacent ice-covered Barents Sea. Marine Biology (Berlin) 158(10):359-2376.
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=154902
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Van Ginderdeuren, K.; Fiers, F.; De Backer, A.; Vincx, M.; Hostens, K. (2012). Updating the zooplankton species list for the Belgian part of the North Sea Belg. J. Zool. 142(1): 3-22
http://www.marinespecies.org/hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=162987
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Miller, Roberta. 2012. The museum collection database, Fisheries and Oceans Canada digital collections, Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Quebec
http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=163928
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Arctic to Cape Cod
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North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
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Cosmopolite, but cold Atlantic waters are preferable locations
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Physical Description
Morphology
Female:
Rostrum is directed down, is only visible from lateral view. Caudal setae are never longer than the abdomen. Eggs inside egg-sac are usually placed in 1 row. Md endopodite with a small seta and 3 setae subequal in length. 2nd endopodal segment of Mx1 present and armed with 1 seta; 1st lobe represented by 1 seta
Male:
Rostrum is absent. Both A1 are geniculate. The caudal setae are significantly shorter than in female.
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Size
Diagnostic Description
Can be distinguished from O. atlantica by smaller size, structure of the rostrum and significantly shorter caudal setae.
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Ecology
Habitat
upper and glacial epipelagic regions of the Gulf and estuary
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Depth range based on 8807 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 3847 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 0 - 1090
Temperature range (°C): -1.899 - 25.900
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.000 - 31.104
Salinity (PPS): 16.708 - 38.518
Oxygen (ml/l): 0.130 - 9.323
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.048 - 2.616
Silicate (umol/l): 0.965 - 136.705
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 0 - 1090
Temperature range (°C): -1.899 - 25.900
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.000 - 31.104
Salinity (PPS): 16.708 - 38.518
Oxygen (ml/l): 0.130 - 9.323
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.048 - 2.616
Silicate (umol/l): 0.965 - 136.705
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 3847 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 0 - 1090
Temperature range (°C): -1.899 - 25.900
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.000 - 31.104
Salinity (PPS): 16.708 - 38.518
Oxygen (ml/l): 0.130 - 9.323
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.048 - 2.616
Silicate (umol/l): 0.965 - 136.705
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 0 - 1090
Temperature range (°C): -1.899 - 25.900
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.000 - 31.104
Salinity (PPS): 16.708 - 38.518
Oxygen (ml/l): 0.130 - 9.323
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.048 - 2.616
Silicate (umol/l): 0.965 - 136.705
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
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Boreal to arctic waters; Bipolar; Abundant on shelves, as well as over deep basins
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Trophic Strategy
Microcarnivore feeding on motile phytoplankton and protists, plus copepod nauplii
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General Ecology
Life History and Behavior
Life Cycle
Females spawn year-round, less in winter; Female carries eggs in 2 elongate clutches until hatching; Clutch size dependent on size of female, with maximums of ~30 and typically ~15-25 eggs; Generation length unclear, suggested as 1 year for Arctic and multiple generations per year in the sub-arctic; Life expectancy uncertain
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Barcode data: Oithona similis
The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.
There are 3 barcode sequences available from BOLD and GenBank. Below is a sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species. See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen and other sequences.
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There are 3 barcode sequences available from BOLD and GenBank. Below is a sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species. See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen and other sequences.
TCCTGTAATCATAAAGATATTGGAACTCTATATCTTTTAACTGGAGTTTGGGCAGGAATAATTGGAACTAGGATA---AGTGTTATTATCCGAATTCAACTTTCGTACCCTACTGGTTTTTTGTGTAAT---GAGCAGCTTTATAATGTAATGGTTACAGCCCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTAATACCGATCTTAATCGGTTGTTTTGGAAATTGGCTAGTTCCTTTAATA---ATTGGATCTCCAGATATAGCTTTTCCCCGACTCAACAATATGAGCTATTGACTATTAGTCCCTGCTTTGTTCTTACTATTAGTAGGCTCTATAGTAGAATCTGGAGCTGGTACAGGTTGGACAGTGTATCCCCCTCTTAGGTCATACATTTTTCATGGAGGCGCTTCTGTGGATTTT---ACAATTTTCAGGCTGCATTTAGCAGGAGTTTCTTCTCTCCTAGGCGCCGTGAACTTTATTAGAACAGTATTAAATCTTCGTGCATTAGGCATGCTAATAGACCGGATACCTTTATTCCCTTGAGCTGTGTTTATTACAGCTATTCTTTTACTGCTATCACTTCCCGTGTTAGCTGGG---GCAATTACGATATTGCTAACAGACCGAAATTTAAACACATCATTTTACGATCCTATAGGGGGAGGGCATCCTGTCTTGTACCAACACTTATTTTGATTTTTTGGGCACCCTGAAGTGTATATTTTAATCCTTCCGGGGTTTGGCCTGATCTCTCACATTGTTAGGCAAGAGAGGGGTAAAAAT---GAACCTTTTGGTGCACTGGGTATAATTTATGCAATAAGTGCTATTGGTGTTTTAGGTTTTGTAGTGTGAGCCCACCATATATTTACAGTTGGGATA---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------GAA
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Oithona similis
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 3
Specimens with Barcodes: 9
Species With Barcodes: 1
Public Records: 3
Specimens with Barcodes: 9
Species With Barcodes: 1
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