Species under Oikopleura
n= 17
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Oikopleura albicans
(Leuckart, 1853)
Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean 0.7
Oikopleura caudaornata
(Fenaux & Youngbluth, 1991)
Northeast Atlantic
Oikopleura cophocerca
(Gegenbaur, 1855)
Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean 0.26
Oikopleura cornutogastra
Aida, 1907
Indo-West Pacific and Southeast Atlantic
Oikopleura dioica
Fol, 1872
Circumglobal except Antarctic 0.15
Oikopleura fusiformis
Fol, 1872
Circumglobal 0.3
Oikopleura gaussica
Lohmann, 1905
Atlantic Ocean and the Antarctic
Oikopleura gorskyi
Flood, 2000
Northeast Atlantic
Oikopleura gracilis
Lohmann, 1896
Atlantic Ocean, Indo-Pacific, and the Mediterranean
Oikopleura inflata
(Fenaux & Youngbluth, 1991)
Northeast Atlantic
Oikopleura intermedia
Lohmann, 1896
Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean 0.5
Oikopleura labradoriensis
Lohmann, 1892
Eastern Pacific, Northern Atlantic and the Arctic
Oikopleura longicauda
(Vogt, 1854)
Circumglobal, common in warm waters 0.35
Oikopleura parva
Lohmann, 1896
Circumglobal in midwater 0.3
Oikopleura rufescens
Fol, 1872
Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean 0.5
Oikopleura vanhoeffeni
Lohman, 1896
Northern Atlantic and the Arctic
Oikopleura villafrancae
Fenaux, 1992
Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean
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