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) gaussica Lohmann, 1905

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Literature

original description	Lohmann, H. (1905). Die Appendicularien des arktischen und antarctischen Gebiets, ihr Beziehungen zueinander und zu den arten des Gebietes der warmen Ströme. Zool. Jahrb. Suppl. 8: 353-382.
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	van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).

Genbank

Citation

Garic, R. (2025). World List of Appendicularia. Oikopleura (Vexillaria) gaussica Lohmann, 1905. 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:103409