Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Hemichordata > Class Enteropneusta > Order Enteropneusta incertae sedis

Ptychoderidae Spengel, 1893

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Balanoglossus Delle Chiaje, 1829
Glossobalanus Spengel, 1901

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ギボシムシ科

Literature

original description	Spengel, J.W. (1893). Die Enteropneusten des Golfes von Neapel. in: Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. Herausgegeben von der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel, Berlin. pp. 756.
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.

Genbank

Citation

Swalla, B.J.; van der Land, J. (2025). Hemichordata World Database. Ptychoderidae Spengel, 1893. 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:2019