Asymmetron lucayanum

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Cephalochordata
Classis: not divided
Familia: Asymmetronidae
Genus: Asymmetron
Species: Asymmetron lucayanum

Name

Asymmetron lucayanum Andrews, 1893

Synonyms

Amphioxides stenurus Goldschmidt, 1905
Amphioxides valdiviae Goldschmidt, 1905
Asymmetron caudatum Willey, 1896
Asymmetron macricaudatum Parker, 1904
Asymmetron orientale Parker, 1904
Branchiostoma pelagicum Gunther, 1889
Epigonichthys lucayanum (Andrews, 1893)
Epigonichthys lucayanus (Andrews, 1893)

References

Andrews, E.A. 1893. An undescribed acraniate: Asymmetron lucayanum. Stud. Biol. Lab. Johns Hopkins Univ. 5: 213–247. PDF. Reference page.
Cameron, C. B. 2009: Cephalochordata of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1205–1207 in: Felder, D.L. & Camp, D.K. (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
Cervigón, F. 1978. Los peces marinos de Venezuela. Fundación La Salle de Ciencias Naturales, Caracas, 2 volumes. ISBN 84-399-8189-9 Reference page.
Holland, Nicholas D. & Holland, Linda Z. 2010: Laboratory spawning and development of the Bahama Lancelet, Asymmetron lucayanum (Cephalochordata): fertilization through feeding larvae Biological Bulletin, 219: 132–141. PDF
Kon, T.. Nohara, M., Nishida, M. Sterrer, W., Nishikawa, T. 2006: Hidden ancient diversification in the circumtropical lancelet Asymmetron lucayanum complex. Marine Biology 149(4): 875–883. PDF.
Kon, T., Nohara, M., Yamanoue, Y., Fujiwara, Y., Nishida, M. & Nishikawa, T. 2007. Phylogenetic position of a whale-fall lancelet (Cephalochordata) inferred from whole mitochondrial genome sequences. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2007, 7:127 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-7-127 Reference page.
McCulloch, Allan R. 1929. A Check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoir of the Australian Museum, Sydney. V: 1–144. PDF.
Mark, E.L. 1904. Asymmetron lucayanum in Bermuda. Science 20(501): 179. PDF.
Parker G.H. 1904. Maldive cephalochordates, with the description of a new species from Florida. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 46: 39–52 PDF.
Sibaja-Cordero, Jeffrey A., Troncoso, Jesús S. & Cortés, Jorge 2012. The lancelet Asymmetron lucayanum complex in Cocos Island National Park, Pacific Costa Rica. Pacific Science 66(4): 1–12. PDF.

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