# Ptychoderidae

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{{Short description|Family of marine worm-like animals}}
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| image = Enteropneusta.png
| image_caption = ''[Balanoglossus](/source/Balanoglossus)''
| taxon = Ptychoderidae
| authority =
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision = * ''[Balanoglossus](/source/Balanoglossus)''
* ''[Glossobalanus](/source/Glossobalanus)''
* ''[Ptychodera](/source/Ptychodera)''
}}

'''Ptychoderidae''' is a family of [acorn worm](/source/acorn_worm)s.

==Genera and species==
The World Register of Marine Species lists the following:<ref>[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2019 Ptychoderidae]  World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-10-17.</ref>

===''Balanoglossus''===
Contains the following species:
* ''[Balanoglossus apertus](/source/Balanoglossus_apertus)'' <small>(Spengel, 1893)</small>
* ''[Balanoglossus aurantiacus](/source/Balanoglossus_aurantiacus)'' <small>(Girard, 1853)</small>
* ''[Balanoglossus australiensis](/source/Balanoglossus_australiensis)'' <small>(Hill, 1894)</small>
* ''[Balanoglossus borealis](/source/Balanoglossus_borealis)'' <small>(Willey, 1899)</small>
* ''[Balanoglossus capensis](/source/Balanoglossus_capensis)'' <small>(Gilchrist, 1908)</small>
* ''[Balanoglossus carnosus](/source/Balanoglossus_carnosus)'' <small>Müller in Spengel, 1893</small>
* ''[Balanoglossus clavigerus](/source/Balanoglossus_clavigerus)'' <small>delle Chiaje, 1829</small>
* ''[Balanoglossus gigas](/source/Balanoglossus_gigas)'' <small>Müller in Spengel, 1893</small>
* ''[Balanoglossus hydrocephalus](/source/Balanoglossus_hydrocephalus)'' <small>van der Horst</small>
* ''[Balanoglossus misakiensis](/source/Balanoglossus_misakiensis)'' <small>Kuwano, 1902</small>
* ''[Balanoglossus natalensis](/source/Balanoglossus_natalensis)'' <small>(Gilchrist, 1908)</small>
* ''[Balanoglossus occidentalis](/source/Balanoglossus_occidentalis)'' <small>Ritter, 1902</small>
* ''[Balanoglossus proterogonius](/source/Balanoglossus_proterogonius)'' <small>Belichov, 1928</small>
* ''[Balanoglossus robinii](/source/Balanoglossus_robinii)'' <small>author unknown</small>
* ''[Balanoglossus salmoneus](/source/Balanoglossus_salmoneus)'' <small>Belichov, 1928</small>
* ''[Balanoglossus stephensoni](/source/Balanoglossus_stephensoni)'' <small>van der Horst, 1937</small>
* ''[Balanoglossus studiosorum](/source/Balanoglossus_studiosorum)'' <small>van der Horst</small>

===''Glossobalanus''===
Contains the following species:
* ''[Glossobalanus alatus](/source/Glossobalanus_alatus)'' <small>van der Horst</small>
* ''[Glossobalanus barnharti](/source/Glossobalanus_barnharti)'' <small>Cameron & Ostiguy, 2013</small><ref name=C&O13>{{cite journal | journal = [Zootaxa](/source/Zootaxa) | volume = 3630 | year = 2013 | pages = 143–154 | title = Three new species of ''Glossobalanus'' (Hemichordata: Enteropneusta: Ptychoderidae) from western North America | url= http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2013/f/z03630p154f.pdf |last1=Cameron |first1=Christopher B. |last2=Ostiguy |first2=Angélica | doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3630.1.5| pmid = 26131502 }}</ref>
* ''[Glossobalanus berkeleyi](/source/Glossobalanus_berkeleyi)'' <small>(Willey, 1931)</small>
* ''[Glossobalanus crozieri](/source/Glossobalanus_crozieri)'' <small>van der Horst, 1924</small>
* ''[Glossobalanus elongatus](/source/Glossobalanus_elongatus)'' <small>Spengel, 1904</small>
* ''[Glossobalanus hartmanae](/source/Glossobalanus_hartmanae)'' <small>Cameron & Ostiguy, 2013</small><ref name=C&O13/>
* ''[Glossobalanus hedleyi](/source/Glossobalanus_hedleyi)'' <small>(Hill, 1897)</small>
* ''[Glossobalanus indicus](/source/Glossobalanus_indicus)'' <small>Rao, 1955</small>
* ''[Glossobalanus marginatus](/source/Glossobalanus_marginatus)'' <small>Meek, 1922</small>
* ''[Glossobalanus minutus](/source/Glossobalanus_minutus)'' <small>Kowalevsky, 1866</small>
* ''[Glossobalanus mortenseni](/source/Glossobalanus_mortenseni)'' <small>van der Horst, 1932</small>
* ''[Glossobalanus parvulus](/source/Glossobalanus_parvulus)'' <small>(Punnett, 1906)</small>
* ''[Glossobalanus ruficollis](/source/Glossobalanus_ruficollis)'' <small>(Willey, 1899)</small>
* ''[Glossobalanus sarniensis](/source/Glossobalanus_sarniensis)'' <small>(Koehler, 1886)</small>
* ''[Glossobalanus williami](/source/Glossobalanus_williami)'' <small>Cameron & Ostiguy, 2013</small><ref name=C&O13/>

===''Ptychodera''===
Contains the following species:
* ''[Ptychodera bahamensis](/source/Ptychodera_bahamensis)'' <small>Spengel, 1893</small>
* ''[Ptychodera ceylonica](/source/Ptychodera_ceylonica)'' <small>author unknown</small>
* ''[Ptychodera erythrea](/source/Ptychodera_erythrea)'' <small>Spengel</small>
* ''[Ptychodera flava](/source/Ptychodera_flava)'' <small>Eschscholtz, 1825</small>
* ''[Ptychodera pelsarti](/source/Ptychodera_pelsarti)'' <small>Dakin, 1916</small>

==References==
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