WoRMS taxon details
Balanoglossus aurantiaca Girard, 1853
AphiaID: 175476
AphiaID: 175476
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Hemichordata (Phylum) > Enteropneusta (Class) > [unassigned] Enteropneusta (Order) > Ptychoderidae (Family) > Balanoglossus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Balanoglossus delle Chiaje, 1829 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Girard (1853) Stimpsonia aurantiaca, (a Balanoglossus). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 6: 367. [details] additional source: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details] source of synonymy: Gibson, R. (2005) Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Virginian [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Specimen | Unknown type: USNM 42832, locality Virginia (Chesapeake Bay) [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Hemichordata Collection To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: It was originally thought to be a nemertean. [details] Spelling: Sometimes this species is referred to as 'aurantiacus'. In the original manuscript the species name is 'aurantiaca'. [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:175476 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Konikoff, C.; Swalla, Billie J.; Shenkar, N. (2013). Balanoglossus aurantiaca Girard, 1853. In: Shenkar, N; Swalla, B.J.; van der Land, J. (2013) Hemichordata World Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=175476 on 2013-05-22 | |||||||||||||||||
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