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Family: Oikopleuridae



(See list of species below)


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38 species (see list below)
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Althoffia tumida
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Balhochordaes charon
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Balhochordaes stygius
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Bathochordaeus charon
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Chunopleura microgaster
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Max. Length 0.1 cm TRKL
 
Folia gracilis
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Folia mediterranea
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Max. Length 0.7 cm TL
 
Megalocercus abyssorum
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Megalocercus huxleyi
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Mesochordaeus bahamasi
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Mesoikopleura enterospira
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Mesoikopleura gyroceanis
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Mesoikopleura haranti
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Mesoikopleura youngbluthi
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Max. Length 0.7 cm TL
 
Oikopleura albicans
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Oikopleura caudaornata
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Max. Length 0.3 cm TL
 
Oikopleura cophocerca
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Oikopleura cornutogastra
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Max. Length 0.2 cm TL
 
Oikopleura dioica
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Max. Length 0.3 cm TL
 
Oikopleura fusiformis
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Oikopleura gaussica
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Oikopleura gorskyi
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Oikopleura gracilis
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Oikopleura inflata
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Max. Length 0.5 cm TL
 
Oikopleura intermedia
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Oikopleura labradoriensis
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Max. Length 0.4 cm TL
 
Oikopleura longicauda
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Max. Length 0.3 cm TL
 
Oikopleura parva
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Max. Length 0.5 cm TL
 
Oikopleura rufescens
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Oikopleura vanhoeffeni
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Oikopleura villafrancae
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Pelagopleura australis
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Pelagopleura gracilis
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Pelagopleura magna
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Pelagopleura oppressa
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Pelagopleura verticalis
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Sinisteroffia scrippsi
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Max. Length 1 cm TL
 
Stegosoma magnum
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Althoffia tumida Atlantic Ocean, Indo-West 1892
Balhochordaes charon Northern Atlantic and the 1900
Balhochordaes stygius Northeast Atlantic 1937
Bathochordaeus charon Atlantic and Indo-Pacific 1900
Chunopleura microgaster Only known from the India 1914
Folia gracilis Circumglobal except the A 0.1 TRKL 1892
Folia mediterranea Northeast Atlantic and th 1899
Megalocercus abyssorum Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc 0.7 TL 1887
Megalocercus huxleyi Indo-Pacific. 1905
Mesochordaeus bahamasi Northeast Atlantic 1990
Mesoikopleura enterospira Northeast Atlantic 1993
Mesoikopleura gyroceanis Northeast Atlantic and th 1993
Mesoikopleura haranti Northeast Atlantic and th 1934
Mesoikopleura youngbluthi Northeast Atlantic 1993
Oikopleura albicans Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc 0.7 TL 1853
Oikopleura caudaornata Northeast Atlantic 1991
Oikopleura cophocerca Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc 0.3 TL 1855
Oikopleura cornutogastra Indo-West Pacific and Sou 1907
Oikopleura dioica Circumglobal except Antar 0.2 TL 1872
Oikopleura fusiformis Circumglobal. 0.3 TL 1872
Oikopleura gaussica Atlantic Ocean and the An 1905
Oikopleura gorskyi Northeast Atlantic 2000
Oikopleura gracilis Atlantic Ocean, Indo-Paci 1896
Oikopleura inflata Northeast Atlantic 1991
Oikopleura intermedia Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc 0.5 TL 1896
Oikopleura labradoriensis Eastern Pacific, Northern 1892
Oikopleura longicauda Circumglobal, common in w 0.4 TL 1854
Oikopleura parva Circumglobal in midwater. 0.3 TL 1896
Oikopleura rufescens Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc 0.5 TL 1872
Oikopleura vanhoeffeni Northern Atlantic and the 1896
Oikopleura villafrancae Northeast Atlantic and th 1992
Pelagopleura australis Northeast Atlantic 1924
Pelagopleura gracilis Eastern Indian Ocean 1914
Pelagopleura magna Northern Atlantic. 1964
Pelagopleura oppressa Northeast Atlantic 1914
Pelagopleura verticalis Northern Atlantic and the 1914
Sinisteroffia scrippsi Pacific Ocean 1957
Stegosoma magnum Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc 1 TL 1880



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