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- Oikopleuridae
- Copelata
- Appendicularia
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Oikopleura gracilis Lohmann, 1896
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS
Appendicularia | Copelata | Oikopleuridae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Pelagic. Subtropical
Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Atlantic Ocean, Indo-Pacific, and the Mediterranean: Chile.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the class Appendicularia are protandrous hermaphrodites. Life cycle: Eggs develop into hatchlings (feeding juveniles) before turning into adults.
Main reference
References | Coordinator | Collaborators
Aravena, G. and S. Palma 2002 Taxonomic identification of appendicularians collected in the epipelagic waters off northern Chile (Tunicata, Appendicularia). Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 75:307-325. (Ref. 3528)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
CMS (Ref. 116361)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record
Estimates based on models
Price category
(Ref. 80766):
Unknown.