WoRMS taxon details

Saccoglossus kowalevskii (Agassiz, 1873)

137600  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137600)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Balanoglossus kowalevskii Agassiz, 1873) Agassiz, A. (1873). The history of Balanoglossus and Tornaria. <em>Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 9: 421-436. [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Distribution western slope of Newfoundland, including the southern part of the Strait of Belle Isle but excluding the upper 50m in the...  
Distribution western slope of Newfoundland, including the southern part of the Strait of Belle Isle but excluding the upper 50m in the area southwest of Newfoundland; Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway); Cobscook Bay [details]
Swalla, B.J.; van der Land, J. (2024). Hemichordata World Database. Saccoglossus kowalevskii (Agassiz, 1873). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137600 on 2024-03-28
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
2006-04-18 12:43:45Z
changed
2008-01-04 16:37:03Z
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2011-08-31 21:00:22Z
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2018-08-12 19:13:27Z
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original description  (of Balanoglossus kowalevskii Agassiz, 1873) Agassiz, A. (1873). The history of Balanoglossus and Tornaria. <em>Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 9: 421-436. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Hemichordata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 336 (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unknown type 58883, geounit Rhode Island [details]
Unknown type 64130, geounit Massachusetts [details]
Unknown type USNM 48694, geounit Massachusetts [details]
Unknown type USNM 48695, geounit Massachusetts [details]
Unknown type USNM 48696, geounit United States [details]
Unknown type USNM 48697, geounit Massachusetts [details]
Unknown type USNM 48698, geounit Massachusetts [details]
Unknown type USNM 58876, geounit North Carolina [details]
Unknown type USNM 64121, geounit Massachusetts [details]
Unknown type USNM 64122, geounit Massachusetts [details]
Unknown type USNM 64123, geounit Massachusetts [details]
Unknown type USNM 64124, geounit Rhode Island [details]
Unknown type USNM 64125, geounit Massachusetts [details]
Unknown type USNM 64126, geounit Massachusetts [details]
Unknown type USNM 64127, geounit Massachusetts [details]
Unknown type USNM 64128, geounit Massachusetts [details]
Unknown type USNM 64129, geounit United States [details]
Unknown type USNM 64131, geounit Massachusetts [details]
Unknown type USNM 64135, geounit Massachusetts [details]
From other sources
Diet mucusciliary feeders, but also swallow a considerable amount of sand and presumably obtain nourishment from detritus ingested at the same time [details]

Distribution western slope of Newfoundland, including the southern part of the Strait of Belle Isle but excluding the upper 50m in the area southwest of Newfoundland; Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway); Cobscook Bay [details]

Habitat infralittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]

Reproduction sexes are separate but may be indistinguishable externally; fertilization is external (dispersed in water) [details]