Oikopleura intermedia Lohmann 1896

Oikopleura intermedia Morphology The trunk is up to 2.5 mm long. Musculature of the tail is wide. A postcardial caecum is present dorso-genitally. There are wide bays between the genital parts of the left and right lobes of the stomach. The gonads are positioned next to the stomach lobes and the rec...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Franco, P., Dahms, H. - U., Lo, W. - T., Hwang, J. - S.
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 2017
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Appendicularia
Copelata
Oikopleuridae
Oikopleura
Oikopleura intermedia
North Atlantic
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/5190619
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5190619
Description
Summary:Oikopleura intermedia Morphology The trunk is up to 2.5 mm long. Musculature of the tail is wide. A postcardial caecum is present dorso-genitally. There are wide bays between the genital parts of the left and right lobes of the stomach. The gonads are positioned next to the stomach lobes and the rectum extends beyond the oral wall of the stomach (authors’ personal observations (Marine Species Identification Portal 2017). Biogeography Recorded from Somalia, Mexico, the Mediterranean and the North Atlantic Ocean (WoRMS Editorial Board 2017). Published as part of Franco, P., Dahms, H. - U., Lo, W. - T. & Hwang, J. - S., 2017, Pelagic tunicates in the China Seas, pp. 917-936 in Journal of Natural History 51 (15 - 16) on page 928, DOI:10.1080/00222933.2017.1293180, http://zenodo.org/record/5180954

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