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
Last record: 1885 (Sawaya, 1951)
Rediscovered in: 1950 [by implication; "Last September"] (Sawaya, 1951)
Distribution & Habitat
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, Paulo. (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
van der Horst, C. J. (1939). Bronns Tierreichs, 4, No. 4, 717.
Willey, A. (1899). Enteropneusta from the South Pacific, with notes on the West Indian species. Willey's Zoological Results III: 32-335.