Branchiostoma

Branchiostoma (-atis, n., nomen ab O. G. Costa anno 1834 factum) est genus Cephalochordatorum familiae Branchiostomatidarum.

Branchiostoma lanceolatum ex Belgio

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Animalia — Chordata

Subphylum : Cephalochordata 
Classis : Leptocardii 
Ordo : Amphioxiformes 
Familia : Branchiostomidae 
Genus : Branchiostoma 
Costa, 1834

   

Species

• Branchiostoma lanceolatum (Pallas, 1774)
• Branchiostoma belcheri (Gray, 1847)
• Branchiostoma floridae (Hubbs, 1922)
• Branchiostoma caribaeum (Sundevall, 1852)
• Branchiostoma virginiae (Hubbs, 1922)
• Branchiostoma platae (Hubbs, 1922)
• Branchiostoma elongatum (Sundevall, 1852)
• Branchiostoma californiense (J.G. Cooper, 1893)
• Branchiostoma bennetti (Boschung & Gunter, 1966)
• Branchiostoma longirostrum (Boschung, 1983)
• Branchiostoma bermudae (Hubbs, 1922)
• Branchiostoma moretonensis (O.E.S. Kelly, 1966)
• Branchiostoma senegalense (Webb, 1955)
• Branchiostoma gambiense (Webb, 1958)
• Branchiostoma nigeriense (Webb, 1955)
• Branchiostoma africae (Hubbs, in Monod, 1927)
• Branchiostoma leonense (Webb, 1956)
• Branchiostoma takoradii (Webb, 1956)
• Branchiostoma capense (Gilchrist, 1902)
• Branchiostoma bazarutense (Gilchrist, 1923)
• Branchiostoma marambaiensis (S.H.G. da Silva, 1980)
• Branchiostoma indicum (Willey, 1901)
• Branchiostoma malayanum (Webb, 1956)
• Branchiostoma arabiae (Webb, 1957)
• Branchiostoma tattersalli (Hubbs, 1922)

Bibliographia

• Azariah, J. 1982. Cephalochordata. In Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms, vol. 2, ed. S. P. Parker, 829-830. Novi Eboraci: McGraw-Hill.
• Nielsen, C. 1995. Animal Evolution: Interrelationships of the Living Phyla. Oxoniae: Oxford University Press.