WoRMS taxon details
Branchiostoma lanceolatum (Pallas, 1774)
AphiaID: 104906
AphiaID: 104906
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Cephalochordata (Subphylum) > Leptocardii (Class) > Branchiostomatidae (Family) > Branchiostoma (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Branchiostoma Costa, 1834 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Amphioxus lanceolatus Pallas, 1774 (synonym) Branchiostoma haecklii Franz, 1922 Branchiostoma lubricum Costa, 1834 Limax lanceolatus Pallas, 1774 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Pallas, P.S. (1774) Spicilegia zoologica. Berlin (1767-1780), vol.1, fasc. 1-4 [details] 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: Poss, S.G. & H.T. Boschung (1996). Lancelets (Cephalochordata: Branchiostomatidae): How many species are valid? Isr. J. Zool 42 (Suppl):S13-S66 [details] 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. (look up in IMIS) [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] additional source: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Branchiostoma lanceolatum belcheri Tattersall, 1903 accepted as Branchiostoma belcheri Gray, 1847 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] East Africa [details] East North Atlantic [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Wimereux [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | Marine Life Information Network - UK PlanktonNet Image To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (197 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (59808 nucleotides; 474 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: The lancelet Branchiostoma lanceolatum is considered an invertebrate although the species bears quite some resemblance with ‘primitive fish’. It is possible to distinguish a head with a mouth surrounded by fine tentacles (used to gather food), a ‘body and a ‘tail’. The animal is covered with fins and manages to cover small distances by swimming; however, the lancelet is buried in coarse sediment most of the time. [details] Distribution: In the 1976-1986 period Branchiostoma lanceolatum was widely spread outside the near-coastal zone and reached densities of 600 ind./m2 maximally in that area. In the 1994-2001 period the distribution of the species was remarkably more limited and lower densities were observed: B. lanceolatum was exclusively found near the Hinder Banks in densities of maximum 120 ind./m2. [details] Habitat: Branchiostoma lanceolatum clearly prefers coarse sediments: the relative occurrence in sediments with a median grain size of 600-650 μm amounts to 20%. The mud content of the sediment is always less than 10%. [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104906 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Nishikawa, T. (2013). Branchiostoma lanceolatum (Pallas, 1774). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104906 on 2013-05-22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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