Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Branchiostoma elongatum
Lanceta, Lancelets
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Leptocardii
Order
Amphioxiformes
Family
Branchiostomatidae
Genus
Branchiostoma
Species
elongatum
Taxon category: Accepted
Locality: he Galapagos ; 13 specimens, the l 20 mm. long, dredged in about 10 fathoms on a bottom of fi sand in Tagus Cove, Albemarle (Isabela) fide Snodgrass & Heller (1905).
Origin: Native
Distribution: Coast of Peru, Chinchas Islands, Galapagos Islands (Snodgrass & Heller, 1905).
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- McCosker, J.E. Rosenblatt, R.H. (2010) The fishes of the Galápagos Archipelago: an update. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sc., Ser. 4, vol. 61, Suppl. II, no. 11: 167-195.
- Snodgrass, R. E. Heller, E. (1905) Shore fishes of the Revillagigedo, Clipperton, Cocos and Galapagos islands. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences, Vol. 6, pp. 333-427.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Branchiostoma elongatum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12743. Accessed 31 October 2026.