{{Short description|Genus of acorn worms}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Glossobalanus_sp..jpg |image_caption = |taxon = Glossobalanus |authority = Spengel, 1901 }}
'''''Glossobalanus''''' is a genus of worms belonging to the family Ptychoderidae.<ref name="GBIF">{{cite web |title=Glossobalanus Spengel, 1901 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2254544 |website=www.gbif.org |access-date=11 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
== Distribution == The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution, with species found in North and South American, Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania.<ref name="GBIF" />
==Species== {{Expand section|date=May 2021}}
Species:<ref name="GBIF" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Fu |first1=Xianan |last2=Guo |first2=Weijian |last3=Ding |first3=Zhongwen |last4=Zhou |first4=Wenliang |last5=Wei |first5=Fuwen |date=2024-05-27 |title=A new species of the genus Glossobalanus (Hemichordata, Enteropneusta, Ptychoderidae) from China |journal=ZooKeys |issue=1202 |pages=343–358 |doi=10.3897/zookeys.1202.111852 |doi-access=free |issn=1313-2970 |pmc=11148506 |pmid=38836193|bibcode=2024ZooK.1202..343F }}</ref>
*''Glossobalanus alatus'' {{small|Horst, 1940}} *''Glossobalanus barnharti'' {{small|Cameron & Ostiguy, 2013}} <ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last1=Cameron |first1=Christopher B. |last2=Ostiguy |first2=Angélica |date=2013-03-19 |title=Three new species of Glossobalanus (Hemichordata: Enteropneusta: Ptychoderidae) from western North America |url=https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.3630.1.5 |journal=Zootaxa |language=en |volume=3630 |issue=1 |pages=143–154 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3630.1.5 |pmid=26131502 |issn=1175-5334|url-access=subscription }}</ref> *''Glossobalanus berkeleyi'' {{small|Willey, 1931}} *''Glossobalanus polybranchioporus'' <small>Tchang & Liang, 1965</small> *''Glossobalanus mortenseni'' <small>van der Horst, 1932</small> *''Glossobalanus weii'' <small>Fu & Guo & Ding & Zhou & Wei, 2024</small> *''Glossobalanus marginatus'' <small>Meek, 1922</small> *''Glossobalanus crozieri'' <small>van der Horst, 1924</small> *''Glossobalanus elongatus'' <small>Spengel, 1904</small> *''Glossobalanus hartmanae'' <small>Cameron & Ostiguy, 2013</small> <ref name=":0" /> *''Glossobalanus hedleyi'' <small>Hill, 1897</small> *''Glossobalanus indicus'' <small>Rao, 1955</small> *''Glossobalanus minutus'' <small>Kowalevsky, 1866</small> *''Glossobalanus parvulus'' <small>Punnett, 1906</small> *''Glossobalanus ruficollis'' <small>Willey, 1899</small> *''Glossobalanus sarniensis'' <small>Koehler, 1886</small> *''Glossobalanus williami'' <small>Cameron & Ostiguy, 2013</small> <ref name=":0" />
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:Acorn worms