Genus Balanoglossus Delle Chiaje, 1829

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Genus Balanoglossus Delle Chiaje, 1829

Balanoglossus Delle Chiaje, S. 1829. Memorie sulla storia e notomia degli animali senza vertebre del regno di Napoli. Napoli : Stamperia della Societa' Tipografica Vol. IV viii, 214 pp. [254].
Type species:
Balanoglossus clavigerus Delle Chiaje, 1829 by subsequent designation, see Spengel, J.W. 1901. Die Benennung der Enteropneusten-Gattungen. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik 15: 209-218 [212].
Tauroglossus Spengel, J.W. 1893. Die Enteropneusten des Golfes von Neapel. Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel, Monographie 18: 1-755 [359-360].
Type species (included species):
Ptychodera aperta Spengel, 1893; Ptychodera aurantiaca Spengel, 1893; Ptychodera clavigera Spengel, 1893; Ptychodera flava Spengel, 1893; Ptychodera gigas Spengel, 1893

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

van der Horst, C.J. 1939. Hemichordata. pp. 1-737 in Bronn, H.G. (ed.). Die Klassen und Ordnungen des Tier-Reichs. Leipzig : Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft M.B.H. Vol. 4(2). [published 1927–1939] [402]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Worldwide within temperate and tropic zones.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Lord Howe Island
- New South Wales: Lower E coast
- Queensland: Great Barrier Reef
New Caledonia
New Zealand

Oriental Region

Indonesia

Palaearctic Region

Japan
- Kyushu

Distribution References

van der Horst, C.J. 1939. Hemichordata. pp. 1-737 in Bronn, H.G. (ed.). Die Klassen und Ordnungen des Tier-Reichs. Leipzig : Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft M.B.H. Vol. 4(2). [published 1927–1939] [392-398] (also for systematics, anatomy, ecology)

General References

Spengel, J.W. 1901. Die Benennung der Enteropneusten-Gattungen. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik 15: 209-218 (systematics)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		09-Sep-2010	MODIFIED

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