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n. - Any of various small, flattened marine organisms of the subphylum Cephalochordata, structurally similar to the vertebrates but having a notochord rather than a true vertebral column.

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  • The lancelet is a filter feeder and has several organs to aid in consumption and digestion.
  • Amphioxus, also known as the lancelet, diverged from vertebrates more than 500 million years ago, and is often studied by researchers hoping to learn more about the...
  • Amphioxus (lancelet) - Amphioxus, also called lancelet, is a small marine animal resembling a miniature fish without eyes (or even a head), which is found widely...
  • By "launces" the writer meant what we should now call the lancelet.
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