Branchiostoma japonicum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Leptocardii |
Family: | Branchiostomatidae |
Genus: | Branchiostoma |
Species: | B. japonicum
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Binomial name | |
Branchiostoma japonicum (Willey, 1897)
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Branchiostoma japonicum, the Japanese lancelet, is a species of lancelet within the family Branchiostomatidae.[1][2][3] The species grows to lengths of 50 to 60 millimeters in length and inhabits waters off the coasts of China and Japan.[2][3] In Xiamen, the lancelets inhabiting the waters were originally thought to be of Branchiostoma belcheri in 1932, however recent studies revealed B. japonicum is also present in the lancelet populations.[4]