Oikopleuridae

Oikopleuridae is a family of larvacean tunicates (class Appendicularia).

Oikopleuridae
Oikopleura dioica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Tunicata
Class: Appendicularia
Order: Copelata
Family: Oikopleuridae
Lahille, 1887[1]
Genera
  • Bathochordaeus Chun, 1900
  • Mesochordaeus Fenaux & Youngbluth, 1990
  • Althoffia Lohmann, 1892
  • Mesoikopleura Fenaux, 1993
  • Pelagopleura Lohmann, 1926
  • Sinisteroffia Tokioka, 1957
  • Chunopleura Lohmann, 1914
  • Folia Lohmann, 1892
  • Megalocercus Chun, 1887
  • Oikopleura Mertens, 1830
  • Stegosoma Chun, 1887

References
  1. Etude systématique des tuniciers. F Lahille, 1887
  • Van der Land, J. (2001). Appendicularia, 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. 356
  • Fenaux, R., Q. Bone, and D. Deibel. 1998. Appendicularian distribution and zoogeography, p. 251-264. In q. Bone [ed.], The biology of pelagic tunicates. Oxford University Press.


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