Leptocardii | 
Not assigned | 
Branchiostomidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Benthic; depth range 0 - 12 m (Ref. 116064).  Tropical			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Western Central Atlantic:  USA.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 3.4 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 1452)			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
									
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae				
			
			
				
					Members of the class Cephalochordata are gonochoric.  Life cycle:  Eggs develop into planktotrophic larva and later on to benthic adults.				
			
			
			
			
			
				Boschung, H.T. Jr. and G. Gunter 1966 A new species of lancelet, Branchiostoma bennetti (Order Amphioxi), from Louisiana. Copeia 1966(3):485-489. (Ref. 1452)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
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						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Low vulnerability (10 of 100).					
				
						
						
			
									
						Price category  					
					
					Unknown.