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Cephalochordata 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 914170

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subphylum  
  Synonym(s): Cephalochordata
 
    Leptocardia
 
    Acrania
 
  Common Name(s): cephalochordates [English]
  
    amphioxus [English]
  
    lancelets [English]
  
    cefalocordado [Portuguese]
  
    anfioxo [Portuguese]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2016   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumCephalochordata  – cephalochordates, amphioxus, lancelets, cefalocordado, anfioxo  
    Direct Children:  
                Order Amphioxiformes   
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Brusca, Richard C., Wendy Moore, and Stephen M. Schuster  
  Publication Date: 2016   
  Article/Chapter Title: Chapter 27: Phylum Chordata: Cephalochordata and Urochordata   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Invertebrates, Third Edition   
  Page(s): 1021-1046   
  Publisher: Sinauer Associates, Inc.   
  Publication Place: Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-1605353753   
  Notes: Section on Urochordata revised by C. Sarah Cohen   
  Reference for: Cephalochordata   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Poss, Stuart G., and Herbert T. Boschung  
  Publication Date: 1996   
  Article/Chapter Title: Lancelets (Cephalochordata: Branchiostomatidae): How many species are valid?   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Israel Journal of Zoology, vol. 42, supplement 1996   
  Page(s): S13-S66   
  Publisher: Laser Pages Publishing, Ltd.   
  Publication Place: Jerusalem, Israel   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0021-2210   
  Notes: Published as a seperate from regular journal volumes   
  Reference for: Cephalochordata   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Ruggiero, M. A., D. P. Gordon, T. M. Orrell, N. Bailly, T. Bourgoin, R. C. Brusca, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2015   
  Article/Chapter Title: Correction: A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: PLoS ONE vol. 10, no. 6, e0130114   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1932-6203   
  Notes: Available online at http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0130114#sec001 ; Full authorship: Ruggiero, M. A., D. P. Gordon, T. M. Orrell, N. Bailly, T. Bourgoin, R. C. Brusca, T. Cavalier-Smith, M. D. Guiry, and P. M. Kirk   
  Reference for: Cephalochordata   
       

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