| Status | | accepted |
Record
status | | Checked by Taxonomic Editor |
| Rank | | Species |
| Parent | | Branchiostoma Costa, 1834 |
| Source | |
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]
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Vernacular
Names | | | Language | Name | | |
Dutch |
lancetvisje |
[details] |
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| Environment | | marine |
| 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
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| 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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| Images | | 
Picture of Branchiostoma lanceolatum
added on 2004-06-17 - author: Hillewaert, H.
qualitystatus: not checked |
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Poll (1947, fig. 265)
added on 2008-08-14 - author: H. Dupond in Poll (1947) (naar A. Lameere)
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
qualitystatus: not checked |
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Poll (1947, fig. 266)
added on 2008-08-14 - author: H. Dupond in Poll (1947) (naar Willey)
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
qualitystatus: not checked |
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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: Taxa used on the Macrobel website at http://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/macrobel/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104906 on 2013-05-18 |
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