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

Branchiostoma lanceolatum (Pallas, 1774)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Branchiostoma*	Costa, 1834	accepted genus name
*Amphioxus*	Yarrell, 1836	synonym

Species group names

*Amphioxus lanceolatus*	Pallas, 1774	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): lansettfisk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: lancetfisk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: lancetvisje sources: Wittoeck, Jan

English: lancelet sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Lancelet sources: Charles Hussey

French: amphioxus; lancelet sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.;Degraer S., J. Wittoeck, W. Appeltans, K. Cooreman, T. Deprez, H. Hillewaert, K. Hostens, J. Mees, E. Vanden Berghe & M. Vincx (2006). The macrobenthos atlas of the Belgian part of the North Sea. Belgian Science Policy. D/2005/1191/3. ISBN 90-810081-6-1. 164 pp.

German: Lanzettfischchen; Lanzettierchen sources: Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee;Degraer S., J. Wittoeck, W. Appeltans, K. Cooreman, T. Deprez, H. Hillewaert, K. Hostens, J. Mees, E. Vanden Berghe & M. Vincx (2006). The macrobenthos atlas of the Belgian part of the North Sea. Belgian Science Policy. D/2005/1191/3. ISBN 90-810081-6-1. 164 pp.

Norwegian: lansettfisk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: lansettfisk

Norwegian Nynorsk: lansettfisk

Nynorsk (Norwegian): lansettfisk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: lansettfisk

Literature

original description	Pallas, P.S. (1774) Spicilegia zoologica, quibus novae imprimis et obscurae animalium species iconibus, descriptionibus atque commentariis illustrantur cura P.S. Pallas. Berolini. Fasciculus 10, pp. 1-41, 4 Pl.
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	Poss, S.G. & H.T. Boschung (1996). Lancelets (Cephalochordata: Branchiostomatidae): How many species are valid? Isr. J. Zool 42 (Suppl):S13-S66
additional source	UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms
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.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK
Biodiversity Heritage Library (197 publications)
Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
GenBank (59808 nucleotides; 474 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Nishikawa, T. (2014). Branchiostoma lanceolatum (Pallas, 1774). 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:104906