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Definition of Amphioxus

Amphioxus
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.

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- ****an, amphioxus (B. belcheri) has been listed in the registry of "Endangered Animals of ****anese Marine and Fresh Water Organisms". Adult amphioxus typically...
- intestine into another part is called intussusception. The in****tion in Amphioxus is the first cell movement of gastrulation. This process was first described...
- Branchiostoma lanceolatum, the European lancelet or Mediterranean amphioxus is a lancelet in the subphylum Cephalochordata. It is a marine invertebrate...
- Begonia amphioxus is a species of flowering plant in the family Begoniaceae, section Petermannia, native to Sabah state, Malaysia. There it is found growing...
- hepatic cae**** is found in the cephalochordate amphioxus, or lancelet. The hepatic cae**** of the amphioxus is a presumed homologue of the vertebrate liver...
- 22 September 2008. Gee, H. (19 June 2008). "Evolutionary biology: The amphioxus unleashed". Nature. 453 (7198): 999–1000. Bibcode:2008Natur.453..999G...
- their host organism(s). For example, the lancelets, also referred to as amphioxus (genus Branchiostoma), utilize solenocytic protonephridia to perform excretion...
- post-embryonic notochord: Acipenseriformes (paddlefish and sturgeon) Lancelet (Amphioxus) Tunicate (larval stage only) Hagfish Lamprey Coelacanth African lungfish...
- Metamorphosis is a biological process by which an animal physically develops including birth transformation or hatching, involving a con****uous and relatively...
- successive myomeres. Larval fish and amphioxus myomeres are V-shaped. They are involved in the specialized notochord of amphioxus. There are muscle cells within...