afer releasing its gametes. Each animal secretes a mucus "house" that is used
for feeding (and perhaps defending). The main house proteins are called
_oikosins_ and half or them are unique to Oikopleura and related animals
-("_Appendicularia_"). The japanese name of _O. dioica_ is ワカレオタマボヤ.
+("_Appendicularia_"). The japanese name of _O. dioica_ is
+[ワカレオタマボヤ](https://www.godac.jamstec.go.jp/bismal/j/view/9018229).
Some links:
- Giant Oikopleurid species, such as exist in deeper waters. _Bathochordaeus charon_'s 18S
RNA is 97% identical to the one of _O. dioica_ ([[Sherlock and coll, 2016|biblio/10.1186_s41200-016-0075-9]]).
- CO1 DNA of _B. mcnutti_ and _B. strygius_ are ~12% different ([[Sherlock and coll., 2017|biblio/28042175]]).
+ - 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]]).
Karyotype