Oikopleuridae

Oikopleuridae
Oikopleura dioica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Tunicata
Class:	Appendicularia
Order:	Copelata
Family:	Oikopleuridae Lahille, 1887
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

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

References

• 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.