Talk:Lancelet
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Do lancelets have eyes? If no, when did they start evolving in chordates (probably in platyhelminthes I guess)?PhoenixSeraph 22:13, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
- They have only one pigment spot on their front end which detects light.
hey, people help me translate description for image. -PioM22:55, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Commercial use
In Asia, they are harvested commercially. -- what for? Food? If so, what sort of food? --Spudtater 00:31, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
- Yes, for food. Both for humans and animals. I wonder how it tastes. Would like to try it made in the same way as fish and chips.
"Today, amphioxus may be extremely common in shallow sandy environments: at Discovery Bay, Jamaica, up to five thousand individuals per square meter of sand have been reported. In some parts of the world, amphioxus are eaten by humans or by domestic animals; they are important food items in some parts of Asia, where they are commercially harvested."
[edit] Humans ?
Look at this :
"In common with the vertebrates, lancelets have a nerve cord running along the back, pharyngeal gill slits and a tail that runs past the anus. Also like humans, the muscles are arranged in blocks called myomeres. Unlike the vertebrates, however, ..."
Why "humans" ? Only humans and lancelets do have myomeres, really ? What about other vertebrates between them ?
- They are trying to emphasize that humans came from Lancelets. And they did.
