WoRMS taxon details
Branchiostoma Costa, 1834
AphiaID: 104902
AphiaID: 104902
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Cephalochordata (Subphylum) > Leptocardii (Class) > Branchiostomatidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Branchiostomatidae Bonaparte, 1846 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Amphioxus Yarrell, 1836 Limax Pallas, 1774 (Preoccupied name) | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
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 (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp. [details] 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. (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record (from synonym): Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Branchiostoma africae Hubbs, 1927 Species Branchiostoma arabiae Webb, 1957 Species Branchiostoma bazarutense Gilchrist, 1923 Species Branchiostoma belcheri Gray, 1847 Species Branchiostoma bennetti Boschung & Gunter, 1966 Species Branchiostoma bermudae Hubbs, 1922 Species Branchiostoma californiense Andrews, 1893 Species Branchiostoma capense Gilchrist, 1902 Species Branchiostoma caribaeum Sundevall, 1853 Species Branchiostoma elongatum Sundevall, 1852 Species Branchiostoma floridae Hubbs, 1922 Species Branchiostoma gambiense Webb, 1958 Species Branchiostoma indicum (Willey, 1901) Species Branchiostoma japonicum Species Branchiostoma lanceolatum (Pallas, 1774) Species Branchiostoma leonense Webb, 1956 Species Branchiostoma longirostrum Boschung, 1983 Species Branchiostoma malayanum Webb, 1956 Species Branchiostoma nigeriense Webb, 1955 Species Branchiostoma platae Hubbs, 1922 Species Branchiostoma senegalense Webb, 1955 Species Branchiostoma tattersalli Hubbs, 1922 Species Branchiostoma virginiae Hubbs, 1922 Species Branchiostoma mortonense Kelly, 1966 (nomen dubium) Species Branchiostoma haecklii Franz, 1922 accepted as Branchiostoma lanceolatum (Pallas, 1774) Species Branchiostoma lubricum Costa, 1834 accepted as Branchiostoma lanceolatum (Pallas, 1774) Species Branchiostoma minucauda Whitley, 1932 accepted as Branchiostoma belcheri Gray, 1847 Species Branchiostoma nakagawae Jordan & Snyder, 1901 accepted as Branchiostoma japonicum Species Branchiostoma pelagicum Gunther, 1889 accepted as Asymmetron lucayanum Andrews, 1893 | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Mozambique [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104902 | |||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Nishikawa, T. (2013). Branchiostoma Costa, 1834. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104902 on 2013-06-19 | ||||||||||||||
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