Genus Branchiostoma Costa, 1834

<I>Branchiostoma minucauda</I> Whitley, 1932

Branchiostoma minucauda Whitley, 1932

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Genus Branchiostoma Costa, 1834

Branchiostoma Costa, O.G. 1834. Annuario Zoologico: Cenni zoologici, ossia descrizione sommaria delle specie nuove di Animali discopteri in diverse contrade del Regno nell'anno 1834. Napoli. 90 pp. [49].
Type species:
Branchiostoma lubricum Costa, 1834 by monotypy (Limax lanceolatus Pallus, 1774).
Secondary source:
Hubbs, C.L. 1922. A list of the lancelets of the world with diagnoses of five new species of Branchiostoma. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 105: 1-16.
Amphioxus Yarrell, W. 1836. A History of British Fishes. Vol. 2. London : J. van Voorst 468 pp. [468].
Type species:
Limax lanceolatus Pallas, 1774 by monotypy.
Secondary source:
Hubbs, C.L. 1922. A list of the lancelets of the world with diagnoses of five new species of Branchiostoma. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 105: 1-16.
Dolichorynchus Willey, A. 1901. Dolichorhynchus indicus n.g. n.sp. A new Acraniate. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science ns XLIV: 269-271 [269].
Type species:
Dolichorhynchus indicus Willey, 1901 by monotypy.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Hubbs, C.L. 1922. A list of the lancelets of the world with diagnoses of five new species of Branchiostoma. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 105: 1-16 [4]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Worldwide.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast
- Queensland: Central E coast, Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Carpentaria, NE coast
- Western Australia: Central W coast, NW coast

Distribution References

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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