Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Cephalochordata > Class Leptocardii > Family Branchiostomatidae

Branchiostoma Costa, 1834

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Amphioxus Yarrell, 1836 synonym

Children

Branchiostoma lanceolatum (Pallas, 1774)

Literature

basis of record

van der Land, J. (2001). Cephalochordata, 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. 357

additional source

MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp.

additional source

Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.

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Citation

Nishikawa, T. (2014). Branchiostoma Costa, 1834. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104902

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

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2013-05-06 by Teruaki Nishikawa

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