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Branchiostoma lanceolatum (= Amphioxus lanceolatus) appears to be generally distributed round the coasts of Britain but very few areas are known where it can be obtained in any number. The Eddystone ground in the English Channel is well known1,2 and specimens, mostly single, have been caught in the Bristol Channel3, Irish Sea4 and Firth of Clyde5–7.
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MAUCHLINE, J. New Record of Branchiostoma lanceolatum (Pallas). Nature 206, 1063 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/2061063a0
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