Oikopleuridae
Oikopleura dioica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Tunicata
Class:	Appendicularia
Order:	Copelata
Family:	Oikopleuridae Lahille, 1887[1]
Subfamilies, tribes and genera
BathochordaeinaeLohmann, 1915 BathochordaeusChun, 1900 MesochordaeusFenaux & Youngbluth, 1990 OikopleurinaeLohmann, 1896 AlabiataFenaux, 1993 AlthoffiaLohmann, 1892 MesoikopleuraFenaux, 1993 PelagopleuraLohmann, 1926 SinisteroffiaTokioka, 1957 LabiataFenaux, 1993 ChunopleuraLohmann, 1914 FoliaLohmann, 1892 MegalocercusChun, 1887 OikopleuraMertens, 1830 StegosomaChun, 1887

Oikopleuridae is a family oflarvaceantunicates. A comparatively species-rich family, it has been especially well-researched thanks to the ubiquity ofOikopleura dioica as a model species. It comprises two subfamilies,Bathochordaeinae andOikopleurinae, itself divided into the tribesAlabiata andLabiata.^[2]

It is believed to be sister to the clade formed by the two other families (Fritillariidae andKowalevskiidae), united by common derived characteristics lacking in Oikopleuridae.^[3]

• 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
• 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.

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