Nomenclature
original description
Hill J (1894) Preliminary note on a Balanoglossus from the coast of New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2: 324. [details]
basis of record
van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
Other
additional source
Gordon, D.P.; Cooper, R.A.; Campbell, H.J. (2009). Phylum Hemichordata: acorn worms, pterobranchs, graptolites, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 401-408. [details]
From editor or global species database
Habitat They live in burrows 8-10in deep in fine tidal sand. [details]
Length Larger members of this species can reach 20cm long. [details]
Synonymy B. australiensis was formerly classified as Ptychodera. [details]