Oikopleuridae
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.
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.
4 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 38 known species
Oikopleurinae
subfamilyOikopleurinae
Bathochordaeinae
subfamilyBathochordaeinae
Sinisteroffia
genusSinisteroffia
Balhochordaes
genusBalhochordaes
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 485079.