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Definition of Amphioxus lanceolatus

Amphioxus lanceolatus
Lancelet Lance"let, n. [Lance + -let.] (Zo["o]l.) A small fishlike animal (Amphioxus lanceolatus), remarkable for the rudimentary condition of its organs. It is the type of the class Leptocardia. See Amphioxus, Leptocardia.
Amphioxus lanceolatus
Amphioxus Am`phi*ox"us, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? + ? sharp.] (Zo["o]l.) A fishlike creature (Amphioxus lanceolatus), two or three inches long, found in temperature seas; -- also called the lancelet. Its body is pointed at both ends. It is the lowest and most generalized of the vertebrates, having neither brain, skull, vertebr[ae], nor red blood. It forms the type of the group Acrania, Leptocardia, etc.

Meaning of Amphioxus lanceolatus from wikipedia

- Branchiostoma lanceolatum, the European lancelet or Mediterranean amphioxus is a lancelet in the subphylum Cephalochordata. It is a marine invertebrate...
- ****an, amphioxus (B. belcheri) has been listed in the registry of "Endangered Animals of ****anese Marine and Fresh Water Organisms". Adult amphioxus typically...
- Lobi Electrici of torpedo fish. Untersuchungen über Amphioxus lanceolatus, 1882 - Studies of amphioxus. Über den Ursprung des Nervus acusticus bei Petromyzonten...
- wissenschaftliche Medicin, Berlin, 1838: 482–485. Bemerkungen über den Bau des Amphioxus lanceolatus, eines Fisches aus der Ordnung der Cyclostomas. Königsberg, 1841...
- des Amphioxus lanceolatus. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg (Ser VII) 11(4), 1–17 þ Tafel I–III. Langerhans, P. (1876). Zur Anatomie des Amphioxus. Arch...