Branchiostoma lanceolatum

Branchiostoma lanceolatum
Branchiostoma lanceolatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Cephalochordata
Class: Leptocardii
Family: Branchiostomatidae
Genus: Branchiostoma
Species:
B. lanceolatum
Binomial name
Branchiostoma lanceolatum
(Pallas, 1774)[1][2]
Synonyms[1]
  • Limax lanceolatus Pallas, 1774
  • Branchiostoma lubricum Costa, 1834
  • Amphioxus lanceolatus Yarrel, 1836
  • Branchiostoma haecklii Franz, 1922

Branchiostoma lanceolatum, the European lancelet or Mediterranean amphioxus is a lancelet in the subphylum Cephalochordata. It is a marine invertebrate with a notochord but no backbone and is used as a model organism to study the evolutionary development of vertebrates.[3]

  1. ^ a b Branchiostoma lanceolatum (Pallas, 1774) World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-11-14.
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-05-21. Retrieved 2015-05-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ Theodosiou, M.; Colin, A.; Schulz, J.; Laudet, V.; Peyrieras, N.; Nicolas, J. F. O.; Schubert, M.; Hirsinger, E. (2011). "Amphioxus spawning behavior in an artificial seawater facility". Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution. 316B (4): 263–275. doi:10.1002/jez.b.21397. PMID 21271675.