Hemichordata taxon details
Saccoglossus bromophenolosus King, Giray & Kornfield, 1994
158484 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158484)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
King GM, Giray C, Kornfield I (1994). A new hemichordate, Saccoglossus bromophenolosus (Hemichordata: Enteropneusta: Harrimaniidae) from North America. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 107: 383-390., available online at http://biostor.org/reference/81232 [details]
Swalla, B.J.; van der Land, J. (2024). Hemichordata World Database. Saccoglossus bromophenolosus King, Giray & Kornfield, 1994. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hemichordata/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158484 on 2024-05-03
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King GM, Giray C, Kornfield I (1994). A new hemichordate, Saccoglossus bromophenolosus (Hemichordata: Enteropneusta: Harrimaniidae) from North America. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 107: 383-390., available online at http://biostor.org/reference/81232 [details]
additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution This species has been found in the cold temperate northwest Atlantic and the cold temperate northeast Pacific. [details]Etymology The species name is derived from 2,4-dibromophenol and the Latin suffix -osus. [details]
Habitat They are benthic and live in burrows. They can be found in subtidal zones, or in silty sand in intertidal zones. [details]
Length S. bromophenolosus can attain a length up to 20cm. [details]
From other sources
Diet mucusciliary feeders, but also swallow a considerable amount of sand and presumably obtain nourishment from detritus ingested at the same time [details]Reproduction sexes are separate but may be indistinguishable externally; fertilization is external (dispersed in water) [details]
