Branchiostoma lanceolatum
Branchiostoma lanceolatum | |
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Branchiostoma lanceolatum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Leptocardii |
Family: | Branchiostomatidae |
Genus: | Branchiostoma |
Species: | B. lanceolatum |
Binomial name | |
Branchiostoma lanceolatum (Pallas, 1774) | |
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Branchiostoma lanceolatum, the European lancelet or Mediterranean amphioxus is a lancelet in the subphylum Cephalochordata. It is a marine invertebrate with a notochord but no backbone and is used as a model organism to study the evolutionary development of vertebrates.
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