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

Glossobalanus minutus (Kowalevsky, 1866)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Glossobalanus*	Spengel, 1901	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Balanoglossus minutus*	Kowalevsky, 1866	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: lesser 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: Kleiner Eichelwurm

Literature

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	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. Glossobalanus minutus (Kowalevsky, 1866). 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:137608