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Oikopleura Mertens, 1830 
AphiaID: 103367

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Tunicata (Subphylum) > Appendicularia (Class) > Copelata (Order) > Oikopleuridae (Family) > Oikopleurinae (Subfamily) > Labiata (Tribe)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Labiata Fenaux, 1993
Synonymised
taxa
  Vexillaria Müller, 1846 (recognized now as only a subgenus)
Sources  basis of record: 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 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Subgenus Oikopleura (Coecaria) Lohmann, 1933
  » Species Oikopleura (Coecaria) fusiformis Fol, 1872
» Species Oikopleura (Coecaria) gracilis Lohmann, 1896
» Species Oikopleura (Coecaria) intermedia Lohmann, 1896
» Species Oikopleura (Coecaria) longicauda (Vogt, 1854)
Subgenus Oikopleura (Vexillaria) Lohmann, 1933
  » Species Oikopleura (Vexillaria) albicans (Leuckart, 1853)
» Species Oikopleura (Vexillaria) caudaornata (Fenaux & Youngbluth, 1991)
» Species Oikopleura (Vexillaria) cophocerca (Gegenbaur, 1855)
» Species Oikopleura (Vexillaria) dioica Fol, 1872
» Species Oikopleura (Vexillaria) gaussica Lohmann, 1905
» Species Oikopleura (Vexillaria) gorskyi Flood, 2000
» Species Oikopleura (Vexillaria) inflata (Fenaux & Youngbluth, 1991)
» Species Oikopleura (Vexillaria) labradoriensis Lohmann, 1892
» Species Oikopleura (Vexillaria) parva Lohmann, 1896
» Species Oikopleura (Vexillaria) rufescens Fol, 1872
» Species Oikopleura (Vexillaria) vanhoeffeni Lohman, 1896
» Species Oikopleura (Vexillaria) villafrancae Fenaux, 1992

Species Oikopleura cornutogastra (Gegenbaur, 1855) represented as Oikopleura (Coecaria) fusiformis cornutogastra Aida, 1907 (alternate representation, Tokioka (1951) considered it synonomous with O. fusiformis - Fenaux (1993, 1998) ws more generous. and considered it a subspecies or forma)
Species Oikopleura vanhoffeni represented as Oikopleura (Vexillaria) vanhoeffeni Lohman, 1896 (alternate representation)

Species Oikopleura albida Lohmann, 1913 accepted as Oikopleura (Vexillaria) albicans (Leuckart, 1853)
Species Oikopleura bifurcata Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 accepted as Fritillaria pellucida typica (Busch, 1851)
Species Oikopleura californica Essenberg, 1926 accepted as Oikopleura (Coecaria) gracilis Lohmann, 1896
Species Oikopleura drygalski Lohmann & Bückmann, 1926 accepted as Oikopleura (Vexillaria) gaussica Lohmann, 1905
Species Oikopleura flabellum Traustedt, 1880 accepted as Oikopleura (Vexillaria) dioica Fol, 1872
Species Oikopleura gaussi Lohmann, 1908 accepted as Oikopleura (Vexillaria) gaussica Lohmann, 1905
Species Oikopleura graciloides Bückmann, 1924 accepted as Oikopleura (Coecaria) gracilis Lohmann, 1896
Species Oikopleura malmii Hartmann, 1878 accepted as Oikopleura (Vexillaria) dioica Fol, 1872
Species Oikopleura megastoma Aida, 1907 accepted as Megalocercus huxleyi Ritter in Ritter & Byxbee, 1905
Species Oikopleura microstoma Aida, 1907 accepted as Oikopleura (Coecaria) intermedia Lohmann, 1896
Species Oikopleura najadis Uebel, 1913 accepted as Oikopleura (Vexillaria) parva Lohmann, 1896
Species Oikopleura spissa Fol, 1872 accepted as Oikopleura (Coecaria) longicauda (Vogt, 1854)
Species Oikopleura tortugensis Brooks & Kellner, 1908 accepted as Oikopleura (Coecaria) intermedia Lohmann, 1896
Species Oikopleura vahoffeni Lohmann, 1896 accepted as Oikopleura (Vexillaria) vanhoeffeni Lohman, 1896
Species Oikopleura valdiviae Lohmann, 1905 accepted as Oikopleura (Vexillaria) gaussica Lohmann, 1905
Species Oikopleura velifera Langerhans, 1880 accepted as Oikopleura (Coecaria) longicauda (Vogt, 1854)
Species Oikopleura weddelli Lohmann, 1928 accepted as Oikopleura (Vexillaria) gaussica Lohmann, 1905
Environment marine
Distribution North Sea [details]
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
Note  Distribution: Only identified at generic level. [details]
Images 
Oikopleura sp.
Oikopleura sp.
added on 2007-01-30 - author: Slawomir, Kwasniewski
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Oikopleura
Oikopleura
added on 2007-04-20 - author: Margaret Lindsay ()
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Oikopleura Scanning electron microscopy
Oikopleura Scanning electron microscopy
added on 2007-04-20 - author: Margaret Lindsay ()
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Oikopleura sp.
Oikopleura sp.
added on 2011-05-02 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Jean-François St-Pierre ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103367
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2006-09-26 06:56:50Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2008-04-10 13:29:43Z  changed  Hopcroft, Russ
  
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  Citation: Hopcroft, R. (2013). Oikopleura Mertens, 1830. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103367 on 2013-05-24
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