Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata

Cephalochordata

Rank: Subphylum
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Leptocardii

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 English: amphioxus; lancelets sources: Introduction to the Cephalochordata
 German: Lanzettfische sources: Franz, V. (1927). Morphologie der Akranier. Erg. Anat. Entw.-Gesch. 27: 464-690.
 Japanese: 頭索動物 sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.
 Swedish: lansettfiskar sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Ukrainian: Безчерепні

Literature

basis of record

Margulis, L.; Schwartz, K.V. (1998). Five Kingdoms: an illustrated guide to the Phyla of life on earth. 3rd edition. Freeman: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-7167-3027-8. xx, 520 pp.

additional source

Margulis, L.; Schwartz, K.V. (1982). Five Kingdoms : an illustrated guide to the phyla of life on earth. Second edition. Freeman.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Cephalochordata. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1824

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Occurrence

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Environment


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