Oikopleura dioica

Oikopleura dioica
Oikopleura dioica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Tunicata
Class: Appendicularia
Order: Copelata
Family: Oikopleuridae
Genus: Oikopleura
Species:
O. dioica
Binomial name
Oikopleura dioica
Fol, 1872[1]
Synonyms
  • Appendicularia coerulescens Gegenbaur, 1855
  • Oikopleura flabellum Traustedt, 1880
  • Oikopleura malmii Hartmann, 1878
  • Vexillaria flabellum Müller, 1846
  • Vexillaria speciosa Eisen, 1874

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.

  1. ^ Hopcroft, Russ (2013). "Oikopleura (Vexillaria) dioica Fol, 1872". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2014-01-16.

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