Oikopleuridae
Oikopleura dioica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Tunicata
Class: Appendicularia
Order: Copelata
Family: Oikopleuridae
Lahille, 1887[1]
Subfamilies, tribes and genera
  • Bathochordaeinae Lohmann, 1915
  • Oikopleurinae Lohmann, 1896
    • Alabiata Fenaux, 1993
      • Althoffia Lohmann, 1892
      • Mesoikopleura Fenaux, 1993
      • Pelagopleura Lohmann, 1926
      • Sinisteroffia Tokioka, 1957
    • Labiata Fenaux, 1993

Oikopleuridae is a family of larvacean tunicates. A comparatively species-rich family, it has been especially well-researched thanks to the ubiquity of Oikopleura dioica as a model species. It comprises two subfamilies, Bathochordaeinae and Oikopleurinae, itself divided into the tribes Alabiata and Labiata.[2]

It is believed to be sister to the clade formed by the two other families (Fritillariidae and Kowalevskiidae), united by common derived characteristics lacking in Oikopleuridae.[3]

References

  1. ^ Etude systématique des tuniciers. F Lahille, 1887
  2. ^ Fenaux, R.; Bone, Q.; Deibel, D. (1998). "Appendicularian distribution and zoogeography". In Bone, Q. (ed.). The biology of pelagic tunicates. Oxford University Press. pp. 251–264.
  3. ^ Brena, Carlo; Cima, Francesca; Burighel, Paolo (31 July 2003). "Alimentary tract of Kowalevskiidae (Appendicularia, Tunicata) and evolutionary implications". Journal of Morphology. doi:10.1002/jmor.10145.

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