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Branchiostoma Costa, 1834

104902  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104902)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Cephalochordata (Subphylum)
  5. Leptocardii (Class)
  6. Branchiostomatidae (Family)
  7. Branchiostoma (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Dolichorhynchus Willey, 1901 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

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  1. Species Branchiostoma africae Hubbs, 1927
  2. Species Branchiostoma arabiae Webb, 1957
  3. Species Branchiostoma bazarutense Gilchrist, 1923
  4. Species Branchiostoma belcheri (Gray, 1847)
  5. Species Branchiostoma bennetti Boschung & Gunter, 1966
  6. Species Branchiostoma bermudae Hubbs, 1922
  7. Species Branchiostoma californiense Andrews, 1893
  8. Species Branchiostoma capense Gilchrist, 1902
  9. Species Branchiostoma caribaeum Sundevall, 1853
  10. Species Branchiostoma elongatum Sundevall, 1852
  11. Species Branchiostoma floridae Hubbs, 1922
  12. Species Branchiostoma gambiense Webb, 1958
  13. Species Branchiostoma indicum (Willey, 1901)
  14. Species Branchiostoma japonicum (Willey, 1897)
  15. Species Branchiostoma lanceolatum (Pallas, 1774)
  16. Species Branchiostoma leonense Webb, 1956
  17. Species Branchiostoma longirostrum Boschung, 1983
  18. Species Branchiostoma malayanum Webb, 1956
  19. Species Branchiostoma nigeriense Webb, 1955
  20. Species Branchiostoma platae Hubbs, 1922
  21. Species Branchiostoma senegalense Webb, 1955
  22. Species Branchiostoma tattersalli Hubbs, 1922
  23. Species Branchiostoma virginiae Hubbs, 1922
  24. Species Branchiostoma bassanum Günther, 1884 accepted as Epigonichthys bassanus (Günther, 1884)
  25. Species Branchiostoma haecklii Franz, 1922 accepted as Branchiostoma lanceolatum (Pallas, 1774)
  26. Species Branchiostoma lubricum Costa, 1834 accepted as Branchiostoma lanceolatum (Pallas, 1774)
  27. Species Branchiostoma marambaiense Silva, 1980 accepted as Branchiostoma caribaeum Sundevall, 1853 (probable junior synonym)
  28. Species Branchiostoma minucauda Whitley, 1932 accepted as Branchiostoma belcheri (Gray, 1847)
  29. Species Branchiostoma nakagawae Jordan & Snyder, 1901 accepted as Branchiostoma japonicum (Willey, 1897)
  30. Species Branchiostoma mortonense Kelly, 1966 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  31. 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] 
WoRMS (2025). Branchiostoma Costa, 1834. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104902 on 2025-07-16
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2006-07-13 10:07:35Z
changed
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2013-05-06 11:50:34Z
checked
Nishikawa, Teruaki

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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] 

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  PDF available [request]

 
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LanguageName 
Japanese ナメクジウオ属  [details]
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Branchiostoma) 
To Genbank 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Branchiostoma USNM 409327 photograph lateral view) 
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 096148) 
To ITIS
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