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:


 * 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 (Claus, 1863)
 * 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 (Kazachenko & Avdeev, 1977)
 * 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 (Dana, 1849)
 * Oncaea frosti Heron, 2002
 * Oncaea gracilis (Dana, 1852)
 * Oncaea obtusa (Dana, 1852)