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Branchiostoma Costa, 1834 
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]

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taxa

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 Species Branchiostoma africae Hubbs, 1927
Species Branchiostoma arabiae Webb, 1957
Species Branchiostoma bazarutense Gilchrist, 1923
Species Branchiostoma belcheri Gray, 1847
  » Subspecies Branchiostoma belcheri japonicus Andrews, 1895 accepted as Branchiostoma japonicum
» Subspecies Branchiostoma belcheri tsingtauense Tchang-Shi & Koo, 1936 accepted as 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)
  » Subspecies Branchiostoma lanceolatum belcheri Tattersall, 1903 accepted as Branchiostoma belcheri Gray, 1847
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
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2006-07-13 10:07:35Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2013-05-06 11:50:34Z  checked  Nishikawa, Teruaki
  
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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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