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

Oikopleura (Vexillaria) Lohmann, 1933

Rank: Subgenus
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

Children

Oikopleura (Vexillaria) albicans (Leuckart, 1854)
Oikopleura (Vexillaria) caudaornata (Fenaux & Youngbluth, 1991)
Oikopleura (Vexillaria) cophocerca (Gegenbaur, 1855)
Oikopleura (Vexillaria) dioica Fol, 1872
Oikopleura (Vexillaria) gaussica Lohmann, 1905
Oikopleura (Vexillaria) inflata (Fenaux & Youngbluth, 1991)
Oikopleura (Vexillaria) labradoriensis Lohmann, 1892
Oikopleura (Vexillaria) parva Lohmann, 1896
Oikopleura (Vexillaria) rufescens Fol, 1872
Oikopleura (Vexillaria) vanhoeffeni Lohmann, 1896
Oikopleura (Vexillaria) villafrancae Fenaux, 1992

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ヴェクシルラリア亜属

Literature

basis of record	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.

Genbank

Citation

Garic, R. (2025). World List of Appendicularia. Oikopleura (Vexillaria) Lohmann, 1933. 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:343702