Glossobalanus

Glossobalanus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Hemichordata
Class:	Enteropneusta
Order:	Enteropneusta
Family:	Ptychoderidae
Genus:	Glossobalanus Spengel, 1901

Glossobalanus is a genus of worms belonging to the family Ptychoderidae. ^[1]

Distribution

The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution, with species found in North and South American, Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania. ^[1]

Species

Species: ^{[1] [2]}

• Glossobalanus alatus Horst, 1940
• Glossobalanus barnharti Cameron & Ostiguy, 2013 ^[3]
• Glossobalanus berkeleyi Willey, 1931
• Glossobalanus polybranchioporus Tchang & Liang, 1965
• Glossobalanus mortenseni van der Horst, 1932
• Glossobalanus weii Fu & Guo & Ding & Zhou & Wei, 2024
• Glossobalanus marginatus Meek, 1922
• Glossobalanus crozieri van der Horst, 1924
• Glossobalanus elongatus Spengel, 1904
• Glossobalanus hartmanae Cameron & Ostiguy, 2013 ^[3]
• Glossobalanus hedleyi Hill, 1897
• Glossobalanus indicus Rao, 1955
• Glossobalanus minutus Kowalevsky, 1866
• Glossobalanus parvulus Punnett, 1906
• Glossobalanus ruficollis Willey, 1899
• Glossobalanus sarniensis Koehler, 1886
• Glossobalanus williami Cameron & Ostiguy, 2013 ^[3]

References

1. "Glossobalanus Spengel, 1901". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
2. Fu, Xianan; Guo, Weijian; Ding, Zhongwen; Zhou, Wenliang; Wei, Fuwen (2024-05-27). "A new species of the genus Glossobalanus (Hemichordata, Enteropneusta, Ptychoderidae) from China". ZooKeys (1202): 343–358. Bibcode:2024ZooK.1202..343F. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1202.111852 . ISSN   1313-2970. PMC   11148506 . PMID   38836193.
3. Cameron, Christopher B.; Ostiguy, Angélica (2013-03-19). "Three new species of Glossobalanus (Hemichordata: Enteropneusta: Ptychoderidae) from western North America" . Zootaxa. 3630 (1): 143–154. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3630.1.5. ISSN   1175-5334. PMID   26131502.