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Synonyms and References: 



Branchiostoma felagicum Parker, Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv., ^6, 1904: 40, pi. I, fig. I (ill. showing blunt 

 notochord, rounded tail, and dorsal fin-ray chambers extending well beyond the first myotome; this is 

 clearly valdiviae; see also Study Material, p. 27, and footnote 59, p. 27); not B. felagicum Gunther, 

 1889. 



Branchiostoma felagicum (in part) Franz, Jena Z. Naturw., 58, 1922: 434 {valdiviae incl. in synonymy). 



Amfhioxides valdiviae Goldschmidt, Wiss. Ergebn. 'Valdivia,' 12, 1905: 47, pi. I, fig. I (dcscr., ill., trop. 

 Atlant. and trop. Indian Oceans); Gibson, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., Zool., (2) ij, igio: 217 (descr., 

 comp. with -pelagicus) ; Goldschmidt, Dtsch. Sud-polar Exped., 11, Zool. 3, 1909: 234, pi. 27 (specimens 

 commencing metamorphosis, trop. Atlant., chart of distrib.) ; Hubbs, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 

 105, 1922: 4 (listed) ; Goldschmidt, Biol. Bull. Wood's Hole, 64, 1933: 321 (ref. to spec, showing be- 

 ginning of metamorphosis). 



