WoRMS taxon details
Branchiostoma belcheri (Gray, 1847)
214516 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:214516)
accepted
Species
Amphioxus belcheri Gray, 1847 · unaccepted
Branchiostoma lanceolatum belcheri Tattersall, 1903 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Branchiostoma minucauda Whitley, 1932 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Branchiostoma belcheri japonicum (Willey, 1897) accepted as Branchiostoma japonicum (Willey, 1897)
- Subspecies Branchiostoma belcheri tsingtauense Tchang-Shi & Koo, 1936 accepted as Branchiostoma japonicum (Willey, 1897)
marine
Not documented
WoRMS (2026). Branchiostoma belcheri (Gray, 1847). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=214516 on 2026-04-23
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Poss, S. G.; Boschung, H. T. (1996). Lancelets (Cephalochordata: Branchiostomatidae): How many species are valid?. <em>Isr. J. Zool.</em> 42 (Suppl): S13-S66. [details]
Other
context source (HKRMS)
Lam WY. (2007). Response of marine macrobenthic communities upon recovery from organic pollution. Mphil thesis. City University of Hong Kong. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (155 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Branchiostoma belcheri)
To GenBank (142540 nucleotides; 80185 proteins)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 056761)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Branchiostoma belcheri)
To GenBank (142540 nucleotides; 80185 proteins)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 056761)
To ITIS
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