WoRMS taxon details
Enteropneusta
- Genus Stimpsonia Girard, 1853
- Order Enteropneusta incertae sedis (temporary name)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Gegenbaur, C. (1870). Grundzüge der vergleichenden Anatomie. Leipzig, 1870, (ed. 2) : 158-281. [details]
Etymology Enteropneusta ("gut breathers") comes from the Greek entero ("intestine") and pneu- (prefix for "to breathe").
Etymology Enteropneusta ("gut breathers") comes from the Greek entero ("intestine") and pneu- (prefix for "to breathe"). [details]
WoRMS (2025). Enteropneusta. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1820 on 2025-04-02
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Nomenclature
original description
Gegenbaur, C. (1870). Grundzüge der vergleichenden Anatomie. Leipzig, 1870, (ed. 2) : 158-281. [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]
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]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Holland, N.; Jones, W.; Ellena, J.; Ruhl, H.; Smith, J. K. (2009). A new deep-sea species of epibenthic acorn worm (Hemichordata, Enteropneusta). <em>Zoosystema.</em> 31, 333-346., available online at http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5252/z2009n2a6?journalCode=zoos [details]
taxonomy source Cameron C (2005) A phylogeny of the hemichordates based on morphological characters. Canadian Journal of Zoology: 196-215. [details]
taxonomy source Cameron C (2005) A phylogeny of the hemichordates based on morphological characters. Canadian Journal of Zoology: 196-215. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Classification Class Enteropneusta is not monophyletic, but the families within it are. [details]Etymology Enteropneusta ("gut breathers") comes from the Greek entero ("intestine") and pneu- (prefix for "to breathe"). [details]
Habitat Enteropneusts have been found living in a wide variety of depths and habitats. The majority of species have been discovered in intertidal regions and coastal areas accessible to humans. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | eikelwormen | [details] |
| English | enteropneustsacorn worms | [details] |
| German | EnteropneustenEichelwürmer | [details] |
| Japanese | ギボシムシ綱 | [details] |
| Swedish | ollonmaskar | [details] |
