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Branchiostoma  Costa, 1834
Taxonomic Serial No.: 159681

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Amphioxus Yarrell, 1836
  
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumCephalochordata  – cephalochordates, amphioxus, lancelets, cefalocordado, anfioxo  
                OrderAmphioxiformes   
                   FamilyBranchiostomatidae   
                      GenusBranchiostoma Costa, 1834  
    Direct Children:  
                         SpeciesBranchiostoma africae Hubbs in Monod, 1927  
                         SpeciesBranchiostoma arabiae Webb, 1957  
                         SpeciesBranchiostoma belcheri (Gray, 1847)  
                         SpeciesBranchiostoma bennetti Boschung and Gunter, 1966  
                         SpeciesBranchiostoma bermudae Hubbs, 1922  
                         SpeciesBranchiostoma californiense Andrews, 1893  
                         SpeciesBranchiostoma capense Gilchrist, 1902  
                         SpeciesBranchiostoma caribaeum Sundevall, 1853  
                         SpeciesBranchiostoma elongatum (Sundevall, 1852)  
                         SpeciesBranchiostoma floridae Hubbs, 1922  
                         SpeciesBranchiostoma gambiense Webb, 1958  
                         SpeciesBranchiostoma indicum (Willey, 1901)  
                         SpeciesBranchiostoma lanceolatum (Pallas, 1774)  
                         SpeciesBranchiostoma leonense Webb, 1956  
                         SpeciesBranchiostoma longirostrum Boschung, 1983  
                         SpeciesBranchiostoma malayanum Webb, 1956  
                         SpeciesBranchiostoma nigeriense Webb, 1955  
                         SpeciesBranchiostoma platae Hubbs, 1922  
                         SpeciesBranchiostoma senegalense Webb, 1955  
                         SpeciesBranchiostoma tattersalli Hubbs, 1922  
                         SpeciesBranchiostoma virginiae Hubbs, 1922  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Branchiostoma   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Poss, Stuart G., and Herbert T. Boschung   
  Publication Date: 1996   
  Article/Chapter Title: Lancelets (Cephalochordata: Branchiostomatidae): How many species are valid?   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Israel Journal of Zoology, vol. 42, supplement 1996   
  Page(s): S13-S66   
  Publisher: Laser Pages Publishing, Ltd.   
  Publication Place: Jerusalem, Israel   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0021-2210   
  Notes: Published as a seperate from regular journal volumes   
  Reference for: Branchiostoma   
       

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