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Oithona setigera

Status not recordedcrustaceans

Oithona setigera is a species in the family Oithonidae.

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Quick facts about Oithona setigera

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does Oithona setigera live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Oithona setigera as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Ukraine

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is Oithona setigera endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Oithona setigera classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classCopepoda
  4. familyOithonidae
  5. genusOithona
  6. SpeciesOithona setigera Dana, 1853-1855

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Oithona setigera

Other species in the same genus Oithona.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is Oithona setigera an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Oithona setigera as introduced in 1 country: Ukraine, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Oithona setigera (Oithona setigera). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/oithona-setigera

MLA

“Oithona setigera (Oithona setigera).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/oithona-setigera.

BibTeX
@misc{oithona_setigera_2026,
  title = {Oithona setigera (Oithona setigera)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/oithona-setigera},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}