African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Ptychoderidae Spengel, 1893

AfReMaS taxon details

Ptychoderidae Spengel, 1893

AphiaID

2019 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2019)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Enteropneusta incertae sedis

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Genus Balanoglossus Delle Chiaje, 1829
Genus Glossobalanus Spengel, 1901
Genus Ptychodera Eschscholtz, 1825

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Spengel, J.W. (1893). Die Enteropneusten des Golfes von Neapel. in: Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. Herausgegeben von der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel, Berlin. pp. 756. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11517
page(s): 359 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Swalla, B.J.; van der Land, J. (2025). Hemichordata World Database. Ptychoderidae Spengel, 1893. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2019 on 2026-07-19

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Ptychoderidae Spengel, 1893. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2019 on 2026-07-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2005-08-05 07:27:42Z

changed

Claus, Simon

2006-04-20 10:21:44Z

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van der Land, Jacob

2020-09-16 08:16:37Z

changed

van Haaren, Ton

2024-09-11 08:53:50Z

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Swalla, Billie J.

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original description Spengel, J.W. (1893). Die Enteropneusten des Golfes von Neapel. in: Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. Herausgegeben von der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel, Berlin. pp. 756. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11517
page(s): 359 [details]

basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Hemichordata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 336 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors

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Introduced: alien

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