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.[3]
^ abBranchiostoma lanceolatum (Pallas, 1774) World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-11-14.
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Branchiostomalanceolatum, the European lancelet or Mediterranean amphioxus is a lancelet in the subphylum Cephalochordata. It is a marine invertebrate...
synchronously (e.g. Branchiostoma floridae, about once every two weeks during spawning season) or asynchronously (Branchiostomalanceolatum, gradual spawning...
[citation needed] The largest lancelet is the European lancelet (Branchiostomalanceolatum) "primitive fish". It can grow up to 6 cm (2.5 in) long. The largest...
expression of an insulin-like peptide in the cephalochordate Branchiostomalanceolatum". PLOS ONE. 10 (3): e0119461. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1019461L. doi:10...
primitive vertebrate), however, does possess one. The lancelet Branchiostomalanceolatum, an early chordate which is a close relative to vertebrates, also...
2013). "A bright monomeric green fluorescent protein derived from Branchiostomalanceolatum". Nature Methods. 10 (5): 407–409. doi:10.1038/nmeth.2413. ISSN 1548-7105...
diet and feeding habits. A study in the Cape Blanc region found Branchiostomalanceolatum (a cephalochordate), euphausiids, small fish and other small crustaceans...