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lancelet amphioxus Amphioxiformes amphioxi atriopore

Small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal; primitive forerunner of the vertebrates WordNet 3.0

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Small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal; primitive forerunner of the vertebrates WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

The lancelets, also known as amphioxi, consist of some 30 to 35 species of "fish-like" benthic filter feeding chordates in the order Amphioxiformes. Wikipedia

A group of primitive chordates Wikipedia Disambiguation

Of order Amphioxiformes. Wiktionary

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Branchiostoma floridae

Branchiostoma lanceolatum

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