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) labradoriensis Lohmann, 1892

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

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: oikopleura sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

Japanese: キタオタマボヤ

Literature

original description	Lohmann, H. (1892). Vorbericht über die Appendikularien der Plankton-Expedition. Ergebnisse der in dem Atlantischen Ocean Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung, 1889. 1A, 139–149.
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	Gosner, K.L. (1979). A Field Guide to the Atlantic Seashore. Invertebrates and Seaweeds of the Atlantic Coast from the Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras. Wiley-Interscience, Boston. 329pp., figs. 1-72, pls. 1-64. [pdf copepods only].
additional source	Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p.
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	van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Genbank

Citation

Garic, R. (2025). World List of Appendicularia. Oikopleura (Vexillaria) labradoriensis Lohmann, 1892. 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:103413