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Oikopleura (Vexillaria) cophocerca (Gegenbaur, 1855) 
AphiaID: 103406

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Tunicata (Subphylum) > Appendicularia (Class) > Copelata (Order) > Oikopleuridae (Family) > Oikopleurinae (Subfamily) > Labiata (Tribe) > Oikopleura (Genus) > Oikopleura (Vexillaria) (Subgenus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Oikopleura (Vexillaria) Lohmann, 1933
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]

basis of record: Fenaux, R. (1973). Appendicularians from the Indian Ocean, Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. p. 409-414 in: Zeitchel, B. & S.A. Gerlach (eds), The biology of the Indian Ocean. Ecological Studies Vol. 3. Jacobs, J., O.L. Lange, J.S. Olson & W. Wieser (eds) Chapman & Hall Ltd. [details]

additional source: 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. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Castellanos, I. A. and E. Suárez-Morales. 2009. Appendicularia (Urochordata) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1217–1221 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

additional source: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS[details]

Environment marine
Distribution Atlantic [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
Indian Ocean [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Pacific Ocean [details]
Red Sea [details]
Links To Encyclopedia of Life
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
Note  Distribution: circum-global [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103406
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-04 16:37:03Z  changed  van der Land, Jacob
2008-04-10 13:29:43Z  changed  Hopcroft, Russ
  
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  Citation: Hopcroft, R. (2013). Oikopleura (Vexillaria) cophocerca (Gegenbaur, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103406 on 2013-05-23
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