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Oikopleura (Coecaria) longicauda
Description
Oikopleura (Coecaria) longicauda
Morphology
With a compact trunk up to 1.4 mm in length, with musculature in the broad tail. The post-cardial caecum joins the genital wall of the esophagus and points dorsally. The long velum extends dorsally over the oral part. The rectum is developed beyond the oral wall of the stomach. The gonads join the coil of the gut (Godeaux et al. 1998; authors’ personal observations).
Biogeography
A semi-cosmopolitan species in temperate to tropical waters (WoRMS Editorial Board 2017).
Notes
Published as part of Franco, P., Dahms, H. - U., Lo, W. - T. & Hwang, J. - S., 2017, Pelagic tunicates in the China Seas, pp. 917-936 in Journal of Natural History 51 (15 - 16) on page 927, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2017.1293180, http://zenodo.org/record/5180954
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Related works
- Is part of
- Journal article: 10.1080/00222933.2017.1293180 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/5180954 (URL)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFCAFFD3FFB66669FB19FFB852592050 (URL)
- Is source of
- https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/03F387ABFFBD6662FACBFCE952BD2542 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Oikopleuridae
- Genus
- Oikopleura
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Copelata
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Vogt
- Species
- longicauda
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Oikopleura (Coecaria) longicauda (Vogt, 1854) sec. Franco, Dahms, Lo & Hwang, 2017
References
- Godeaux J, Bone Q, Braconnot JC. 1998. Anatomy of Thaliacea. In: Bone Q, editor. The biology of pelagic tunicates. Oxford: Oxford University Press; p. 2 - 24.
- WoRMS Editorial Board. 2017. World Register of Marine Species [Internet]. Available from: http: // www. marinespecies. org at VLIZ. doi: 10.14284 / 170