| Branchiostoma japonicum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Cephalochordata |
| Class: | Leptocardii |
| Family: | Branchiostomatidae |
| Genus: | Branchiostoma |
| Species: | B. japonicum |
| Binomial name | |
| Branchiostoma japonicum (Willey, 1897) | |
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Branchiostoma japonicum, the Japanese lancelet, is a species of lancelet within the family Branchiostomatidae. [1] [2] [3] The species grows to lengths of 50 to 60 millimeters in length and inhabits waters off the coasts of China and Japan. [2] [3] In Xiamen, the lancelets inhabiting the waters were originally thought to be of Branchiostoma belcheri in 1932, however recent studies revealed B. japonicum is also present in the lancelet populations. [4]