Balanoglossus gigas (Müller in Spengel, 1893)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Ptychodera gigas Fr. Müller in Spengel, 1893; Ptychodera (Tauroglossus) gigas (Fr. Müller in Spengel, 1893); Balanoglossus biminiensis Willey, 1899
Conservation Status
Rediscovered (1950 or prior)
Distribution
Brazil
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Müller, F. In: Spengel, J. (1893). Die Enteropneusten des Golfes von Neapel. Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. Berlin: Herausgegeben von der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel. pp. 756.
Other references:
Ashworth, R. B. and Cormier, M. J. (1967). Isolation of 2,6-dibromophenol from the marine hemichordate, Balanoglossus biminiensis. Science 155(3769): 1558-1559.
Burdon-Jones, C. (1962). The Feeding Mechanism of Balanoglossus gigas. Marine Science Laboratories, Univ. Of Wales. 24(24): 255.
Cameron, C. B. (2009). Hemichordata of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 1173-1175. In: Felder, D. L. and Camp, D. K. (eds.). Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
De Jorge, F. B., Petersen, J. A. and Sawaya, P. (1967). Biochemical studies on the enteropneust Balanoglossus gigas (Fr. Muller, 1898). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 22(2): 467-475.
De Jorge, F. B., Sawaya, Paulo, Petersen, J. A. and Ditadi, A. S. F. (1965). Iodine: Accumulation by Balanoglossus gigas. Science 150(3700): 1182-1183.
Dure, Leon S. and Cormier, Milton J. (1963). Studies on the Bioluminescence of Balanoglossus biminiensis extracts. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 238(2): 790-793.
Müller, F. (1898). Observações sobre a fauna marinha. Rev Mus Paulista 3: 35.
Sawaya, Paulo. (1950). Re-finding of Balanoglossus gigas FR. MULLER on the brasilian sea shore. Boletim do Instituto Paulista de Oceanografia [1950]: 135-138.
Sawaya, P. (1951). Balanoglossus gigas Fr. Muller rediscovered on the Brazilian Coast. Nature 167: 730-731.
Swalla, B. J.and 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 2024-09-03
Willey, A. (1899). Enteropneusta from the South Pacific, with notes on the West Indian species. Willey's Zoological Results III: 32-335.