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+[[!meta title="Hermann Fol, sa vie et ses travaux, avec un portrait"]]
+[[!tag Oikopleura]]
+
+Maurice Bedot
+
+Revue suisse de zoologie, 2, 1894, pp 1–21
+
+Hermann Fol, sa vie et ses travaux, avec un portrait
+
+[[!doi https://doi.org/10.5962/p.318224 desc="Éloge et bibliographie d'Hermann Fol après sa disparition."]]
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_Oikopleura dioica_ ([NCBI:txid34765](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?lvl=0&id=34765))
-is a tunicate larvacean (synonym: urochordate appendicularian) plankton. Thus,
-it belongs to the same "chordate" phylum as us. As the name indicates, it is
+is a tunicate larvacean (synonym: urochordate appendicularian) plankton
+discovered by [[Hermann Fol|biblio/10.5962_p.318224]]).
+It belongs to the same "chordate" phylum as us. As the name indicates, it is
the only _dioecious_ species of _Oikopleura_ (that is: male and female
organisms are distinct). Its reproduction is _semelparous_: the animals die
afer releasing its gametes. Each animal secretes a mucus "house" that is used