Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Branchiostoma elongatum Sundevall, 1852

Lanceta, Lancelets

Taxonomy

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

Distribution: Coast of Peru, Chinchas Islands, Galapagos Islands (Snodgrass & Heller, 1905).

References

  • 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.