original description
Cameron C.B., Ostiguy A. 2013. Three new species of Glossobalanus (Hemichordata: Enteropneusta: Ptychoderidae) from western North America. Zootaxa 3630 p.143-154, available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3630.1.5 [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology From Cameron & Ostiguy (2013): "The name honors Dr. Percy S. Barnhart, long-time curator of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography" [details]