1. Subgenus Oikopleura (Coecaria) Lohmann, 1933
   1. Species Oikopleura (Coecaria) fusiformis Fol, 1872
   2. Species Oikopleura (Coecaria) gracilis Lohmann, 1896
   3. Species Oikopleura (Coecaria) intermedia Lohmann, 1896
   4. Species Oikopleura (Coecaria) longicauda (Vogt, 1854)
2. Subgenus Oikopleura (Vexillaria) Lohmann, 1933
   1. Species Oikopleura (Vexillaria) albicans (Leuckart, 1854)
   2. Species Oikopleura (Vexillaria) dioica Fol, 1872
   3. Species Oikopleura (Vexillaria) parva Lohmann, 1896
   4. Species Oikopleura (Vexillaria) rufescens Fol, 1872
3. Species Oikopleura graciloides Bückmann, 1924 accepted as Oikopleura (Coecaria) gracilis Lohmann, 1896 (junior synonym)
4. Species Oikopleura megastoma Aida, 1907 accepted as Megalocercus huxleyi (Ritter in Ritter & Byxbee, 1905) (junior synonym)
5. Species Oikopleura cornutogastra (Gegenbaur, 1855) represented as Oikopleura (Coecaria) fusiformis cornutogastra Aida, 1907 (Tokioka (1951) considered it synonomous with O. fusiformis - Fenaux (1993, 1998) ws more generous. and considered it a subspecies or forma)

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Mertens, D. H. (1830). Beschreibung der Oikopleura, einer neuen Molluskengattung. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie impériale des sciences de St.-Pétersbourg (1931).</em> 6: 205-220., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29753207 [details] 

Garic, R. (2025). World List of Appendicularia. Oikopleura Mertens, 1830. Accessed through: Xu, K., An, J., Ding, L., Dong, D., Gao, Y., Huang, Y., Jiang, W., Lei, Y., Li, K., Li, X., Li, Y., Liang, X., Lin, G., Lin, M., Liu, H., Liu, J., Liu, W., Liu, X., Lu, D., Ma, Z., Ren, X., Sha, Z., Sun, J., Sun, S., Sun, Z., Tian, L., Wang, D., Wang, J., Wu, X., Xia, B., Xiao, N., Yin, J., Zhang, J., Zhang, S., Zhang, X., Zhao, E., Zheng, X., Zhou, H., Zhou, J. & Zhou, K. (2025) Chinese Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/charms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103367 on 2026-03-02

Xu, K., An, J., Ding, L., Dong, D., Gao, Y., Huang, Y., Jiang, W., Lei, Y., Li, K., Li, X., Li, Y., Liang, X., Lin, G., Lin, M., Liu, H., Liu, J., Liu, W., Liu, X., Lu, D., Ma, Z., Ren, X., Sha, Z., Sun, J., Sun, S., Sun, Z., Tian, L., Wang, D., Wang, J., Wu, X., Xia, B., Xiao, N., Yin, J., Zhang, J., Zhang, S., Zhang, X., Zhao, E., Zheng, X., Zhou, H., Zhou, J. & Zhou, K. (2026). Chinese Register of Marine Species. Oikopleura Mertens, 1830. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/charms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=103367 on 2026-03-02

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