WebOikopleura is a genus of tunicates in the class Appendicularia (larvaceans). It forms a mucus house every four hours at 20 degrees Celsius. This house has a coarse mesh to keep out big particles, and a fine mesh that collects the small particles, down to the …
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Oikopleura: Current Biology - Cell Press
WebThere are about 20 species of Oikopleura. Collectively they are found throughout the world’s oceans. Sizes range from a couple of millimeters in length ( Oikopleura dioica) to nearly …
Quick guide Oikopleura - Cell Press
WebOikopleura is specifi cally an appendicularian tunicate: appendicularians live their entire lives as free-swimming, pelagic individuals, distinguishing them from the other tunicate …
WebOikopleura dioica is a species of small pelagic tunicate found in the surface waters of most of the world's oceans. It is used as a model organism in research into developmental …
Oikopleura who? Species identity crisis in the genome community
WebOikopleura dioica is a tiny zooplankton that inhabits the ocean surface worldwide, and which is used as a model organism in developmental biology. As a chordate, the …
Oikopleura dioica | Zooplankton Guide - Scripps Institution of …
WebDistribution: Warm-temperate waters in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans, Mediterranean and Red Seas. Habitat: Neritic. Size: 1-8 mm. Predators: The ctenophore, Mnemiopsis …
WebScale bars, 4 cm. Full size image. Here we present three-dimensional in situ visualizations of the mucus structures of giant larvaceans using an ROV-deployable laser-sheet …
Oikopleura - PubMed
WebOikopleura Curr Biol. 2020 Oct 19;30(20):R1243-R1245. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.07.075. Author Joel C Glover 1 Affiliation 1 Sars International Center for Marine Molecular …
Oikopleura | Marine Developmental Biology | UiB
WebOikopleura. The planktonic animal is a tunicate, the closest extant group to vertebrates. It has a vital role in marine ecosystems, forming part of a group that is the second most …
The cosmopolitan appendicularian Oikopleura dioica reveals …
WebAbstract. Appendicularian tunicates are some of the most abundant mesozooplankton organisms with key roles in marine trophic webs and global carbon flux.
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