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National Natural Monument
Other invertebrates
Lancelet
Branchiostoma japonicum
The lancelet is a small, slender, fish-like animal that retains a notochord, the forerunner of the backbone, and is regarded as resembling the ancestors of vertebrates. It lives buried in clean sand, filtering plankton from the water. Habitats in Aichi and Hiroshima, with pure sandy seabeds, are Natural Monuments.
- Scientific name
- Branchiostoma japonicum
- Group
- Other invertebrates
- Prefectures
- Aichi, Hiroshima
- 日本語
- ナメクジウオ
- 简体中文
- 文昌鱼
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The Lancelet is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Aichi, Hiroshima.
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