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Cephalochordata (Acrania; phylum Chordata) A subphylum that contains only Branchiostoma lanceolata (amphioxus, or lancelet), probably the most primitive of living chordates, although some soft-bodied Cambrian Period fossils are dubiously referred to the group. See also BRANCHIOSTOMIDAE.

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