WoRMS taxon details
Branchiostomatidae Bonaparte, 1846
Asymmetronidae · unaccepted
Branchiostomidae Bonaparte, 1846 · unaccepted
Epigonichthyidae Hubbs, 1922 · unaccepted
- Genus Asymmetron Andrews, 1893
- Genus Branchiostoma Costa, 1834
- Genus Epigonichthys Peters, 1876
- Genus Amphioxides Gill, 1895
- Genus Amphioxus Yarrell, 1836 accepted as Branchiostoma Costa, 1834
- Genus Assymetron accepted as Asymmetron Andrews, 1893 (spelling mistake)
- Genus Asymetron accepted as Asymmetron Andrews, 1893 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Bathyamphioxus Whitley, 1932 accepted as Epigonichthys Peters, 1876
- Genus Dolichorhynchus Willey, 1901 accepted as Branchiostoma Costa, 1834 (junior synonym)
- Genus Heteropleuron Kirkaldy, 1895 accepted as Epigonichthys Peters, 1876 (junior synonym)
marine
Not documented
WoRMS (2025). Branchiostomatidae Bonaparte, 1846. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196078 on 2025-05-11
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Epigonichthyidae Hubbs, 1922) Hubbs, C. L. (1922). A list of the lancelets of the world with diagnoses of five new species of Branchiostoma. <em>Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan.</em> 105: 1–16. [details] 
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
