1) Cephalochordate 2) Lancelet
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1) Lancelet
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• (n.) 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, vertebrae, nor red blood. It forms the type of the group Acrania, Leptocardia, etc.Amphiox...
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any of certain members of the invertebrate subphylum Cephalochordata of the phylum Chordata. They are small marine animals found widely in the ... [7 related articles]
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(pronounced AM-fee-OX-us) Amphioxus (meaning 'both sides sharp') are small, flattened ocean animals - a type of lancelet (lancelets are the most fish-like of the invertebrates). Instead of having a true vertebral column, Amphioxus have a notochord (a hollow dorsal nerve cord) and gills. They eat small organic particles floating in the water, using ...
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<zoology> A fishlike creature (Amphioxus lanceolatus), two or three inches long, found in temperate seas; also called the lancelet. Its body is pointed at both ends. It is the lowest and most generalised of the vertebrates, having neither brain, skull, vertebrae, nor red blood. It forms the type of the group Acrania, Leptocardia, etc. ... Ori...
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Am`phi·ox'us noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... + ... sharp.]
(Zoology) 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 t...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: am′fē-ok′sŭs Definitions: 1. A genus of small, translucent, fishlike chordates found in warm marine waters. Members are structurally similar to vertebrates in having a notochord, gills, digestive tract, and nerve cord, but they lack paired fins, vertebrae, ribs, or a skull Branchiostoma lanceolatum. &...
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amphioxus Sharp at both ends.
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