WoRMS taxon details
Hemichordata
AphiaID: 1818
AphiaID: 1818
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) |
| Authority | Bateson, 1885 | ||||||||||||||||
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Phylum | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Animalia | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Bateson W (1885) The later stages in the development of Balanoglossus kowalevskii, with a suggestion as to the affinities of the Enteropneusta. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science 25: 81-122. [details] taxonomy source: Cameron C (2005) A phylogeny of the hemichordates based on morphological characters. Canadian Journal of Zoology: 196-215. [details] taxonomy source: Cannon JT, Rychel AL, Eccleston H, Halanych KM, Swalla BJ (2009) Molecular phylogeny of hemichordata, with updated status of deep-sea enteropneusts. Mol Phylogenet Evol 52(1): 17-24., available online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S105579030900102X [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa | Class Enteropneusta Class Graptolithoidea Class Graptolithina † accepted as Graptolithoidea Class Pterobranchia accepted as Graptolithoidea | ||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent + fossil | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Cameron Lab Hemichordate Images To Cameron Lab Hemichordate Species Checklist To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank To Graptolite Net To Swalla Lab Hemichordate Phylogeny Page To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Etymology: The name hemichordate is derived from the Greek prefix hemi ("half") and the Latin chorda ("cord"). As the name implies, hemichordates share some characteristics with chordates. [details] Fossil range: Hemichordates were present throughout the mid-Cambrian, but recently a large and well-preserved pterobranch discovery places them in the early Cambrian. [details] Habitat: Hemichordates have been found living in a wide variety of depths and habitats. [details] Importance: Hemichordates are of much research interest because they can help elucidate chordate and deuterostome origins. Also, some hemichordates have the ability to regenerate, and thus studying their development and regeneration may benefit human health. [details] IUCN Red List Category: Not Evaluated [details] Original description: The first hemichordate described was Ptychodera flava, by Eschscholtz in 1825. [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1818 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Hemichordata. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1818 on 2013-05-19 | |||||||||||||||||
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