Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Tunicata > Class Appendicularia > Order Copelata > Family Oikopleuridae > Subfamily Oikopleurinae > Tribe Labiata > Genus Oikopleura > Subgenus Oikopleura (Vexillaria)

Oikopleura (Vexillaria) cophocerca (Gegenbaur, 1855)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Appendicularia

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Oikopleura*	Mertens, 1830	accepted genus name
*Inopinata*	Fenaux & Youngbluth, 1991	synonym
*Mesopelagica*	Fenaux & Youngbluth, 1991	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: カタオタマボヤ

Literature

basis of record	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
additional source	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.
additional source	Fenaux, R. (1973). Appendicularians from the Indian Ocean, Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. p. 409-414 in: Zeitchel, B. & S.A. Gerlach (eds), The biology of the Indian Ocean. Ecological Studies Vol. 3. Jacobs, J., O.L. Lange, J.S. Olson & W. Wieser (eds) Chapman & Hall Ltd.
additional source	van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
additional source	Castellanos, I. A; Suárez-Morales, E. (2009). Appendicularia (Urochordata) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1217–1221 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

Genbank

Citation

Garic, R. (2025). World List of Appendicularia. Oikopleura (Vexillaria) cophocerca (Gegenbaur, 1855). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103406