WoRMS taxon details
Branchiostoma Costa, 1834
104902 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104902)
accepted
Genus
Amphioxus Yarrell, 1836 · unaccepted
Dolichorhynchus Willey, 1901 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Species Branchiostoma africae Hubbs, 1927
- Species Branchiostoma arabiae Webb, 1957
- Species Branchiostoma bazarutense Gilchrist, 1923
- Species Branchiostoma belcheri (Gray, 1847)
- Species Branchiostoma bennetti Boschung & Gunter, 1966
- Species Branchiostoma bermudae Hubbs, 1922
- Species Branchiostoma californiense Andrews, 1893
- Species Branchiostoma capense Gilchrist, 1902
- Species Branchiostoma caribaeum Sundevall, 1853
- Species Branchiostoma elongatum Sundevall, 1852
- Species Branchiostoma floridae Hubbs, 1922
- Species Branchiostoma gambiense Webb, 1958
- Species Branchiostoma indicum (Willey, 1901)
- Species Branchiostoma japonicum (Willey, 1897)
- Species Branchiostoma lanceolatum (Pallas, 1774)
- Species Branchiostoma leonense Webb, 1956
- Species Branchiostoma longirostrum Boschung, 1983
- Species Branchiostoma malayanum Webb, 1956
- Species Branchiostoma nigeriense Webb, 1955
- Species Branchiostoma platae Hubbs, 1922
- Species Branchiostoma senegalense Webb, 1955
- Species Branchiostoma tattersalli Hubbs, 1922
- Species Branchiostoma virginiae Hubbs, 1922
- Species Branchiostoma bassanum Günther, 1884 accepted as Epigonichthys bassanus (Günther, 1884)
- Species Branchiostoma haecklii Franz, 1922 accepted as Branchiostoma lanceolatum (Pallas, 1774)
- Species Branchiostoma lubricum Costa, 1834 accepted as Branchiostoma lanceolatum (Pallas, 1774)
- Species Branchiostoma marambaiense Silva, 1980 accepted as Branchiostoma caribaeum Sundevall, 1853 (probable junior synonym)
- Species Branchiostoma minucauda Whitley, 1932 accepted as Branchiostoma belcheri (Gray, 1847)
- Species Branchiostoma nakagawae Jordan & Snyder, 1901 accepted as Branchiostoma japonicum (Willey, 1897)
- Species Branchiostoma mortonense Kelly, 1966 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Branchiostoma pelagicum Gunther, 1889 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine
Costa, O. G. (1834). Cenni zoologici, ossia Descrizione sommaria delle specie nuove di animali discoperti in diverse contrade del regno nell'anno 1834, etc. , available online at https://books.google.be/books?hl=pt-PT&lr=&id=zfNhAAAAcAAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR2&dq=Cenni+Zoologici&ots=g_6YJSBBs8&sig=TN2qPK-RVkIbS70A8Xb5wG3CscI&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Cenni%20Zoologici&f=false
page(s): 49 [details]
page(s): 49 [details]
WoRMS (2025). Branchiostoma Costa, 1834. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104902 on 2025-03-28
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Nomenclature
original description
Costa, O. G. (1834). Cenni zoologici, ossia Descrizione sommaria delle specie nuove di animali discoperti in diverse contrade del regno nell'anno 1834, etc. , available online at https://books.google.be/books?hl=pt-PT&lr=&id=zfNhAAAAcAAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR2&dq=Cenni+Zoologici&ots=g_6YJSBBs8&sig=TN2qPK-RVkIbS70A8Xb5wG3CscI&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Cenni%20Zoologici&f=false
page(s): 49 [details]
original description (of Dolichorhynchus Willey, 1901) Willey, A. (1901). Dolichorhynchus indicus n.g., n.sp. A new acraniate. <em>Quarterly Journal of Microscopal Science.</em> Ser. 2 44:269 – 272. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Cephalochordata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 49 [details]
original description (of Dolichorhynchus Willey, 1901) Willey, A. (1901). Dolichorhynchus indicus n.g., n.sp. A new acraniate. <em>Quarterly Journal of Microscopal Science.</em> Ser. 2 44:269 – 272. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Cephalochordata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds). (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp. [details]
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. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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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. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ナメクジウオ属 | [details] |
