Molecular taxonomy confirms that the northeastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea harbor a single lancelet, Branchiostoma lanceolatum (Pallas, 1774) (Cephalochordata: Leptocardii: Branchiostomatidae)

• Filomena Caccavale ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Filomena Caccavale, David Osca

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology and Evolution of Marine Organisms, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn Napoli, Naples, Italy

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• David Osca ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Filomena Caccavale, David Osca

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Integrated Marine Ecology, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn Napoli, Naples, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5259-9420

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• Salvatore D’Aniello ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: salvatore.daniello@szn.it

  Affiliation Department of Biology and Evolution of Marine Organisms, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn Napoli, Naples, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7294-1465

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• Fabio Crocetta

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Integrated Marine Ecology, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn Napoli, Naples, Italy

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