Bathochordaeus

Bathochordaeus
Bathochordaeus charon A to C and B. stygius (E to F)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Tunicata
Class:	Appendicularia
Order:	Copelata
Family:	Oikopleuridae
Subfamily:
Genus:	Bathochordaeus Chun, 1900[1]
Species
Bathochordaeus charon Chun, 1900 Bathochordaeus mcnutti Sherlock, Walz, Schlining & Robison, 2017 Bathochordaeus stygius Garstang, 1937

Bathochordaeus is a genus of larvacean tunicates in the family Oikopleuridae.

References[]

• van der Land, J. (2001). Appendicularia, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 356
• Fenaux, R., Q. Bone, and D. Deibel. 1998. Appendicularian distribution and zoogeography, p. 251-264. In q. Bone [ed.], The biology of pelagic tunicates. Oxford University Press

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• Bathochordaeus at WoRMS
• Youtube video of living animal
• Sherlock, R.E., Walz, K.R., Schlining, K.L. et al.: Morphology, ecology, and molecular biology of a new species of giant larvacean in the eastern North Pacific: Bathochordaeus mcnutti sp. nov.; in: Mar Biol 164, 20 (2017); doi:10.1007/s00227-016-3046-0

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