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Oikopleuridae
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. External links Appendicularia Tunicate families {{tunicata-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folia (tunicate)
''Folia'' is a genus of larvacean tunicates (class Appendicularia) in the family Oikopleuridae 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 .... References External links ''Folia''at WoRMS Appendicularia Tunicate genera {{tunicata-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bathochordaeus
''Bathochordaeus'' is a genus of larvacean tunicates in the family Oikopleuridae. 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 d. The biology of pelagic tunicates. Oxford University Press External links ''Bathochordaeus''at WoRMS Youtube video of living animal* Sherlock, R.E., Walz, K.R., Schlining, K.L. ''et al.''Morphology, ecology, and molecular biology of a new species of giant larvacean in the eastern North Pacific: ''Bathochordaeus mcnutti'' sp. nov. in: Mar Biol 164, 20 (2017); doi:10.1007/s00227-016-3046-0 Appendicularia Tunicate genera {{tunicata-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oikopleura Dioica
''Oikopleura dioica'' is a species of small pelagic tunicate found in the surface waters of most of the world's oceans. It is used as a model organism in research into developmental biology. Description ''Oikopleura dioica'' is a bioluminescent species. Like other Oikopleuridans, ''O. dioica'' have a discrete body and tail as adults and retain their notochord throughout life. They resemble tadpoles in appearance with a body typically between long and a tail about four times that length. Its body is ovoid and the tail slender. There are two sub-chordal cells outside the central core of muscle in the tail, which are easily observable some half to two thirds of the way down the length of the tail. The mouth has a small lower lip and the buccal glands are small and globular. The endostyle is large, extending nearly as far as the anus. The right lobe of the stomach forms a sac behind the entrance to the intestine. ''O. dioica'' sexes are separate, unlike in all other known appendic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Althoffia
''Althoffia'' is a monotypic genus of tunicates belonging to the family Oikopleuridae 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 .... The only species is ''Althoffia tumida''. The species is found in Atlantic Ocean. References {{Taxonbar, from1=Q42162194, from2=Q11840998 Tunicates Tunicate genera Monotypic tunicate genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megalocercus
''Megalocercus'' is a genus of tunicates belonging to the family Oikopleuridae 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 .... The species of this genus are found in Pacific Ocean. Species: *'' Megalocercus abyssorum'' *'' Megalocercus huxleyi'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q10579550 Tunicates ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oikopleura
''Oikopleura'' is a genus of Tunicata (sea-squirts) in the class Appendicularia. It forms a mucus house every four hours at 20 degrees Celsius. This house has a coarse mesh to keep out big particles, and a fine mesh that collects the small particles, down to the nanoplankton that includes (pelagic) bacteria. Abandoned mucus houses sink to the deep, collecting organic particles during their descent. They make an important contribution to marine snow, since ''Oikopleura'' is abundant and is a very active filterer, using powerful strokes of its tail. Its abundance is less obvious from preserved samples (that are usually analyzed) because the gelatinous body disappears in the preservation process while leaving hardly any trace. Species of ''Oikopleura ''have the smallest genomes in the animal kingdom, only about 75 Mb. ''Oikopleura'' contains bioluminescent species. About half of ''Oikopleura'' species are bioluminescent. Taxonomy * ''Oikopleura (Coecaria)'' , 1933 ** ''Oikopleu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stegosoma (tunicate)
Stegosoma may refer to: * '' Stegosoma (insect)'', a genus of flies in the family Rhiniidae * ''Stegosoma'', a genus of tunicates in the family Oikopleuridae; synonym of '' Caudostegosoma'' * ''Stegosoma'', a genus of arachnids in the unknown family, described in 1873 by Cambridge {{Genus disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |