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Balanoglossus gigas (Müller in Spengel, 1893)

266573  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:266573)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Hemichordata (Phylum)
  4. Enteropneusta (Class)
  5. Enteropneusta incertae sedis (Order)
  6. Ptychoderidae (Family)
  7. Balanoglossus (Genus)
  8. Balanoglossus gigas (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ptychodera gigas Fr. Müller in Spengel, 1893) Spengel, J.W. (1893). Die Enteropneusten des Golfes von Neapel. <i>in</i>: Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. <em>Herausgegeben von der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel, Berlin. pp. 756.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11517
page(s): 159; note: Decribed in Spengel, 1901 as Ptychodera gigas Fr. Müller n.sp., probably meaning that Fr. Müller suggested the name gigas. [details] OpenAccess publication
Swalla, B.J.; van der Land, J. (2024). Hemichordata World Database. Balanoglossus gigas (Müller in Spengel, 1893). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=266573 on 2024-11-21
Date
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2008-01-04 16:37:03Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2020-09-16 08:16:37Z
changed
van Haaren, Ton

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original description (of Balanoglossus biminiensis Willey, 1899) Willey A (1899) Enteropneusta from the South Pacific, with notes on the West Indian species. Willey's Zoological Results III: 32-335. [details] 

original description (of Ptychodera gigas Fr. Müller in Spengel, 1893) Spengel, J.W. (1893). Die Enteropneusten des Golfes von Neapel. <i>in</i>: Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. <em>Herausgegeben von der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel, Berlin. pp. 756.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11517
page(s): 159; note: Decribed in Spengel, 1901 as Ptychodera gigas Fr. Müller n.sp., probably meaning that Fr. Müller suggested the name gigas. [details] OpenAccess publication

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] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Length B. gigas is the longest hemichordate described, and can grow up to 1.5m in length. [details]
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Balanoglossus biminiensis Willey, 1899)
To PubMed (2 publications) (from synonym Balanoglossus biminiensis Willey, 1899)

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