Asymmetron inferum
| Asymmetron inferum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Cephalochordata |
| Class: | Leptocardii |
| Family: | Branchiostomatidae |
| Genus: | Asymmetron |
| Species: | A. inferum
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| Binomial name | |
| Asymmetron inferum Nishikawa, 2004
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Asymmetron inferum, the whale-fall lancelet, is a species of lancelet that is native to reducing habitats of the Northwest Pacific Ocean of Japan. A. inferum is unique among lancelets for seemingly preferring the anaerobic conditions of reducing habitats.