Oikopleuridae | |
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Oikopleura dioica | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subphylum: | Tunicata |
Class: | Appendicularia |
Order: | Copelata |
Family: | Oikopleuridae Lahille, 1887[1] |
Subfamilies, tribes and genera | |
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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]
Extant Appendicularia (larvacean) genera
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Kowalevskiidae |
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Fritillariidae |
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Oikopleuridae |
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Oikopleuridae |
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