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+[[!meta title="A new mesopelagic appendicularian, Mesochordaeus bahamasi gen. nov., sp. nov."]]
+[[!tag Oikopleura]]
+
+Fenaux R, Youngbluth MJ.
+
+Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 1990;70(4):755-760. doi:10.1017/S0025315400059038
+
+A new mesopelagic appendicularian, _Mesochordaeus bahamasi_ gen. nov., sp. nov.
+
+[[!doi 10.1017/S0025315400059038desc="Primary publication for the
+_Mesochordaeus_ genus. “collected […] on 5 October 1981, off the Bahamas (Dive
+no. 634, 25°58-2'N, 77°25-6'W) at a depth of 595 m” “In dorsal view, the trunk
+is oval, 3360 µm long and 1800 µm wide. Maximum height (in pharyngeal region)
+is 1400 µM”"]]
- There are two subgenus of _Oikopleura_: _Vexillaria_ and _Coecaria_. _Vexillaria_,
to which _dioica_ and _rufescens_ belong, have oral glands and bioluminescence
([[Galt, Grober and Sykes, 1985|biblio/10.2307_1541178]]).
+ - Other appendicularians: _Mesochordaeus_ ([[Fenaux and Youngbluth,
+ 1990|biblio/10.1017_S0025315400059038]]), etc.
Karyotype