Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Hemichordata > Class Enteropneusta > Order Enteropneusta incertae sedis > Family Ptychoderidae > Genus Balanoglossus

Balanoglossus clavigerus Delle Chiaje, 1829

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Balanoglossus*	Delle Chiaje, 1829	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Mediterranean acorn worm sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Keulen-Eichelwurm

Literature

original description	delle Chiaje S (1829) Memorie sulla storia e notomia degli animali senza vertebre del Regno di Neapel. Napoli 4: 1-72.
basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Hemichordata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 336
additional source	Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.
additional source	van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).

Genbank

Citation

Swalla, B.J.; van der Land, J. (2025). Hemichordata World Database. Balanoglossus clavigerus Delle Chiaje, 1829. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137605