Branchiostoma lanceolatum

(Branchiostoma lanceolatum)

Description

Branchiostoma lanceolatum (European lancelet) is a lancelet in the subphylum Cephalochordata. It is a marine invertebrate with a notochord but no backbone and is used as a model organism to study the evolutionary development of vertebrates. The mitochondrial genome has been sequenced. It is found in soft substrates in shallow seas.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Leptocardii
Order:Branchiostomatidae
Family:Branchiostomatidae
Genus:Branchiostoma
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