WoRMS taxon details
Balanoglossus gigas Müller in Spengel, 1893
AphiaID: 266573
AphiaID: 266573
| 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 | |||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Balanoglossus biminiensis Willey, 1899 (synonym) | |||||||
| Sources |
original description: Muller F (1898) Observações sobre a fauna marinha. Rev Mus Paulista 3: 35. [details] basis of record: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details] from synonym: Cameron, C. B. 2009. Hemichordata of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1173–1175 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Willey A (1899) Enteropneusta from the South Pacific, with notes on the West Indian species. Willey's Zoological Results III: 32-335. [details] [view taxon] | |||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||
| Distribution | Carolinian [details] Floridian [details] Greater Antilles [details] Northern Gulf of Mexico [details] Rio Grande [details] Southeastern Brazil [details] Southern Gulf of Mexico [details] | |||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life | |||||||
| Note |
Length: B. gigas is the longest hemichordate described, and can grow up to 1.5m in length. [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:266573 | |||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: van der Land, J. (2013). Balanoglossus gigas Müller in Spengel, 1893. 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=266573 on 2013-05-23 | ||||||||
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