Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Cephalochordata > Class Leptocardii > Family Branchiostomatidae > Genus Branchiostoma

Branchiostoma lanceolatum (Pallas, 1774)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Branchiostoma*	Costa, 1834	accepted genus name
*Amphioxus*	Yarrell, 1836	synonym

Species group names

*Amphioxus lanceolatus*	(Pallas, 1774)	synonym
*Limax lanceolatus*	Pallas, 1774	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: lancetfisk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: lancetvisje sources: Wittoeck, Jan

English: lancelet sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

French: amphioxus; lancelet sources: 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.

German: Lanzettfischchen; Lanzettierchen sources: Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee;Degraer, S.; Wittoeck, J.; Appeltans, W.; Cooreman, K.; Deprez, T.; Hillewaert, H.; Hostens, K.; Mees, J.; Vanden Berghe, E.; Vincx, M. (2006). The macrobenthos atlas of the Belgian part of the North Sea. Belgian Science Policy. D/2005/1191/3. ISBN 90-810081-6-1. 164 pp.

Norwegian Bokmål: lansettfisk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: lansettfisk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: lansettfisk

Literature

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
additional source	van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
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.
additional source	Poss, S. G.; Boschung, H. T. (1996). Lancelets (Cephalochordata: Branchiostomatidae): How many species are valid?. Isr. J. Zool. 42 (Suppl): S13-S66.
additional source	Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.