Oikopleura (Vexillaria) dioica Fol, 1872
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Oikopleura (Vexillaria) dioica Fol, 1872
- Name authority
- Fol, 1872
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Appendicularia
- Order
- Copelata
- Family
- Oikopleuridae
- Genus
- Oikopleura
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumTunicata
- classAppendicularia
- orderCopelata
- familyOikopleuridae Lohmann, 1915
- subfamilyOikopleurinae Lohmann, 1896
- tribeLabiata Fenaux, 1993
- genusOikopleura Mertens, 1830
- subgenusOikopleura (Vexillaria) Lohmann, 1933
- speciesOikopleura (Vexillaria) dioica Fol, 1872
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Oikopleura. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Oikopleura (Coecaria) fusiformis Fol, 1872 | OikopleuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Oikopleura (Coecaria) gracilis Lohmann, 1896 | OikopleuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Oikopleura (Vexillaria) albicans (Leuckart, 1854) | OikopleuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Oikopleura (Vexillaria) cophocerca (Gegenbaur, 1855) | OikopleuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Oikopleura (Vexillaria) gaussica Lohmann, 1905 | OikopleuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| oikopleuraOikopleura (Vexillaria) labradoriensis Lohmann, 1892 | OikopleuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Oikopleura (Vexillaria) rufescens Fol, 1872 | OikopleuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Oikopleura (Vexillaria) villafrancae Fenaux, 1992 | OikopleuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Oikopleura (Vexillaria) parva Lohmann, 1896 | OikopleuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Oikopleura (Coecaria) intermedia Lohmann, 1896 | OikopleuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Oikopleura (Coecaria) longicauda (Vogt, 1854) | OikopleuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Oikopleura (Vexillaria) caudaornata (Fenaux & Youngbluth, 1991) | OikopleuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Oikopleura flabellum Traustedt, 1880 Traustedt, 1880 | synonym |
| Vexillaria flabellum Müller, 1846 Müller, 1846 | synonym |
| Oikopleura dioica Fol, 1872 Fol, 1872 | synonym |
| Appendicularia coerulescens Gegenbaur, 1855 Gegenbaur, 1855 | synonym |
| Oikopleura malmii Hartmann, 1878 Hartmann, 1878 | synonym |
| Vexillaria speciosa Eisen, 1874 Eisen, 1874 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Fol, H. (1872). Etudes sur les Appendiculaires du détroit de Messine. Memoires de La Société de Physique et d’Histoire Naturelle de Genève, 21: 445–499. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:48ZX5. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.