Lancelets are also known as amphioxus. An example sentence would be: When prepared properly, he thinks lancelets are absolutely delicious.
chordates
Acoelomate
A lancelet is ... The lancelets (subphylum Cephalochordata, traditionally known as amphioxus) are a group of primitive chordates. They are usually found buried in sand in shallow parts of temperate or tropical seas. In Asia, they are harvested commercially for food for humans and domesticated animals. They are an important object of study in zoology as they provide indications about the origins of the vertebrates. Lancelets serve as an intriguing comparison point for tracing how vertebrates have evolved and adapted. Although lancelets split from vertebrates more than 520 million years ago, its genome holds clues about evolution, particularly how vertebrates have employed old genes for new functions.[1] In the issue of Nature on 19 June 2008, the draft genome sequence of the Florida lancelet (Branchiostoma floridae) was reported.[2] -Wikipedia Yes, lancelets are animals, their supphylum is cephalochordata.
adult tunicate
Aside from the common invertebrates we know like insects, cnidarians, molluisks, echinodrms, etc... there are also chordates that do not have vertebrae for example, the tunicates(urochordata) and the lancelets(cephalochoradata)...
A lancelet is a filter feeder with no brain, eyes, or heart. A sea squirt is an example of a lancelet.
Yes. Lancelets are fish and all fish are ectothermic.
no
Lancelets
chordates
Chordates such as the sea squirts and lancelets do not have a backbone that is why they are called vertebrate chordates.
yes
Acoelomate
By contracting muscles in their body.
Tunicates and lancelets
Yes, lancelets are deuterostomes. Deuterostomes are a group of animals characterized by their embryonic development, in which the blastopore becomes the anus. Lancelets belong to the phylum Chordata along with vertebrates, and they exhibit deuterostome development.
Lancelets inhabit shallow marine waters. They are filter feeders that live in all the oceans in both cool and warm water.