Genus: Oikopleura
Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa
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Chordata > Tunicata >
Larvacea > Family:
Oikopleuridae > Subfamily: Oikopleurinae > Tribe: Labiata
A total of 16 species worldwide, with 10 that have broad distributions that
include southern African seas.
Species native to southern Africa
Information from
World
Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), Lazarus & Dowler (1979) and
other publications listed on the
relevant taxon pages.
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Oikopleura albicans
Circum-global. Recorded from the southwest coast of South Africa by Lazarus
& Dowler (1979). |
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Oikopleura cophocerca
Circum-global. Recorded from the southwest coast of South Africa by Lazarus
& Dowler (1979). |
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Oikopleura dioica
Semi-cosmopolitan in temperate to tropical waters. Recorded from the
southwest coast of South Africa by Lazarus & Dowler (1979). Recorded by
Gibbons (1999) as being common in the zooplankton from the Benguela Current
region. |
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Oikopleura fusiformis
Circum-global. Recorded from the southwest coast of South Africa by Lazarus
& Dowler (1979). |
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Oikopleura gaussica
Antarctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean. |
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Oikopleura gracilis Circum-global. |
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Oikopleura intermedia
Circum-global. Recorded from the southwest coast of South Africa by Lazarus
& Dowler (1979). |
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Oikopleura longicauda
Semi-cosmopolitan. Recorded from the southwest coast of South Africa by
Lazarus & Dowler (1979). Recorded by Gibbons (1999) as being common in the
zooplankton from the Benguela Current region. |
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Oikopleura parva
Semi-cosmopolitan, including Atlantic and Indian oceans. Recorded from the
southwest coast of South Africa by Lazarus & Dowler (1979). |
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Oikopleura rufescens
Circum-global. Recorded from the southwest coast of South Africa by Lazarus
& Dowler (1979). Recorded by Gibbons (1999) as being common in the
zooplankton from the Benguela Current region. |
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Publications
- Gibbons MJ. 1999. An introduction to the zooplankton of the
Benguela Current region. National Book Publishers, Cape Town.
- Lazarus, B. I. and D. Dowler. 1979. Pelagic tunicata off the
west and south-west coasts of South Africa, 1964-1965. Fish.
Bull. S. Afr. 12:93-119.
Text by Hamish Robertson |
