Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Hemichordata

Enteropneusta Gegenbaur, 1870

Rank: Class
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Enteropneusta incertae sedis

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Dutch: eikelwormen sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.
 English: acorn worms; enteropneusts sources: Hayward, P. J.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1996). Collins pocket guide: sea shore of Britain and Europe. Collins pocket guides. Harper-Collins Publishers: London, UK. ISBN 0-00-219955-6. 352 pp.;Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.
 German: Eichelwürmer; Enteropneusten sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.
 Japanese: ギボシムシ綱 sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.
 Swedish: ollonmaskar

Literature

original description

Gegenbaur, C. (1870). Grundzüge der vergleichenden Anatomie. Leipzig, 1870, (ed. 2) : 158-281.

basis of record

van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).

taxonomy source

Holland, N.; Jones, W.; Ellena, J.; Ruhl, H.; Smith, J. K. (2009). A new deep-sea species of epibenthic acorn worm (Hemichordata, Enteropneusta). Zoosystema. 31, 333-346.

taxonomy source

Cameron C (2005) A phylogeny of the hemichordates based on morphological characters. Canadian Journal of Zoology: 196-215.

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Enteropneusta. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1820

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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