''Glossobalanus'' is a genus of

worm Worms are many different distantly related bilateria, bilateral animals that typically have a long cylindrical tube-like body, no limb (anatomy), limbs, and usually no eyes. Worms vary in size from microscopic to over in length for marine ...

s belonging to the family

Ptychoderidae Ptychoderidae is a family of acorn worms. Genera and species The World Register of Marine Species lists the following:

Distribution

The genus has almost

cosmopolitan distribution In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and en ...

, with species found in North and South American, Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania.

Species

Species: *'' Glossobalanus alatus'' *'' Glossobalanus barnharti'' *'' Glossobalanus berkeleyi'' *''

Glossobalanus polybranchioporus ''Glossobalanus'' is a genus of worms belonging to the family Ptychoderidae. Distribution The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution, with species found in North and South American, Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania. Species Species: *' ...

Tchang & Liang, 1965'' *'' Glossobalanus mortenseni'' van der Horst, 1932 *''

Glossobalanus weii ''Glossobalanus'' is a genus of worms belonging to the family Ptychoderidae. Distribution The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution, with species found in North and South American, Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania. Species Species: * ...

Fu & Guo & Ding & Zhou & Wei, 2024'' *''

Glossobalanus marginatus ''Glossobalanus marginatus'' is a species of acorn worm within the family Ptychoderidae. The species was first described from a specimen caught off the Northumberland coast on August 22, 1921, where its discovery extended the known range of acorn ...

'' Meek, 1922 *''

Glossobalanus crozieri ''Glossobalanus'' is a genus of worms belonging to the family Ptychoderidae. Distribution The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution, with species found in North and South American, Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania. Species Species: * ...

van der Horst, 1924'' *''

Glossobalanus elongatus ''Glossobalanus'' is a genus of worms belonging to the family Ptychoderidae. Distribution The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution, with species found in North and South American, Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania. Species Species: * ...

Spengel, 1904'' *''

Glossobalanus hartmanae ''Glossobalanus'' is a genus of worms belonging to the family Ptychoderidae. Distribution The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution, with species found in North and South American, Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania. Species Species: * ...

Cameron & Ostiguy, 2013'' *''

Glossobalanus hedleyi ''Glossobalanus'' is a genus of worms belonging to the family Ptychoderidae. Distribution The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution, with species found in North and South American, Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania. Species Species: * ...

Hill, 1897'' *''

Glossobalanus indicus ''Glossobalanus'' is a genus of worms belonging to the family Ptychoderidae. Distribution The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution, with species found in North and South American, Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania. Species Species: * ...

Rao, 1955'' * Glossobalanus ''minutus'' ''Kowalevsky, 1866'' * Glossobalanus ''parvulus'' Punnett, 1906 * Glossobalanus ''ruficollis'' ''Willey, 1899'' * Glossobalanus ''sarniensis'' ''Koehler, 1886'' * Glossobalanus ''williami'' Cameron & Ostiguy, 2013

References

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